JAIL REFORM

After waiting nearly five years, Lynnwood has officially opened its Crisis Care Center—a place designed to help people during mental health or substance use emergencies without automatically sending them to jail or an overcrowded hospital. The idea came after a tragic incident in 2021, when a woman

New Yorkers are worried about crime. They are happy that the new police commissioner is trying to fix the problem. But, some people in power want to close down Rikers Island, the city's main jail. They think jails are bad and want to let more people out. They believe that jails do not help keep peop