There’s trouble ahead for New Yorkers distressed about crime levels.
New York City’s Democratic establishment, including leading mayoral candidates and the City Council majority, are determined to downsize or eliminate the city’s jails altogether. They’ve drunk the decarceration Kool-Aid — and they’re convinced that jails do more harm than good. But the facts prove them wrong.
Prisons keep the rest of us safe, because criminals behind bars can’t commit more crimes.
A City Council hearing last week on criminal justice was straight out of fantasy land. Council member Lincoln Restler said he was “deeply concerned about the number of people incarcerated.” Several members urged the Department of Corrections executives to resume the release program started during COVID-19. Never mind evidence that half of those…
