Rikers Island jail faces overcrowding as it's set to close, with new facilities delayed. Bail reform and prisoner releases correlated with a crime surge, including murders and shootings. Most detainees are charged with felonies.
Trump's order targeting states that eliminated cash bail faces criticism and legal doubts. Experts cite potential overreach and factual inaccuracies regarding NY's bail laws, questioning its enforceability.
Bail reform resulted in the release of over 2,000 career criminals from city jails in the space of just a few months, from October 2019 to January of 2020 — exactly when NYC crime began its historic rise after almost 27 years of steady declines.
