BP Adams, Brooklyn Residents Weigh in on Proposed Jail Plan | Brklyner

As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers Island moves forward, Brooklynites weighed in this week on the proposed Brooklyn jail and the initiative as a whole. 

Ahead of Wednesday’s City Planning Commission hearing on the four jails, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who broadly supports the city’s framework to close Rikers, issued his recommendation for the Boerum Hill detention center at 275 Atlantic Avenue. Keep reading.