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New York City Jail Case Study

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Brief History and Introduction of the Conflict
Mediation will be conducted between Mr. Derrick Cephas, Chairperson of the New York City Board of Corrections (NYCBOC) and Ms. Ariana King*, who is a founding member of a group called CloseRiker. As one could speculate, the relationship between the two entities has always been troublesome, as both sides continue to push their agenda via the media. According to the documents, Ms. King would like to have Rikers Island City Jail shut down immediately, yet Mr. Cephas feels as if changes could be made and the jail would not have to be shut down. Ms. King has filed a case with the State of New York Attorney’s Office in addition to requesting the federal government step in and order the jail be shut down. As part of the process or resolution, the judge that would hear the case in New York state, Judge William Brown*, has ordered the case to mediation before he will hear the case.
According to The New York City Board of Correction website (n.d.), this nine-person board was created in 1957, and is in place to monitor and regulate the correctional institutions of New York City. Although from the outside this may seem uncomplicated, the complex jail system makes this task seemingly impossible. The board must …show more content…

In addition to the jail facility that is in question, the boards is responsible for sixteen court detention facilities, three hospital wards and four borough jails, that will eventually feed prisoners into the Rikers Island Facility City of New York,” n.d.) This amounts to rough twelve thousand prisoners being in the control and custody of the NYCBOC with a minor number of incidents being reported each

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