City officials talk borough-based Rikers Island replacement jails at hearing | Corrections One / AM NY

The City Planning Commission received at-times combative feedback at a Wednesday hearing on the jails expected to replace the Rikers Island detention complex — fielding impassioned pleas to expedite the proposals as well as cries of "murderer" directed at those considering the construction of any new detention facilities. 

Wednesday's hearing at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in midtown opened with the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice leaders explaining how they had adjusted plans for four new, modern jails in each borough, except for Staten Island, where the city says the cost of opening and operating a jail is not justified by the size of the incarcerated population. Continue reading.