The purpose of bail is to ensure that a person who is arrested returns to court for trial. However, in practice, the impact of bail has been to detain tens of thousands of New Yorkers, presumed innocent, before trial and cost low-income families tens of millions of dollars every year.
Due to the COVID- 19 crisis, the Board of Correction (BOC) will not be submitting its first progress report (due July 1, 2020) on the impact on incarcerated individuals of closing jails on Rikers Island and constructing new facilities to replace such jails as required by Law 192 of 2019.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) Covid-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Wednesday May 13, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) Covid-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) Covid-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 11:59pm Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) Covid-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Tuesday May 12, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 8:00 am on Wednesday April 1, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 Updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 8:00 am on Thursday April 2, 2020.
Brief on how the New York City Board of Correction (BOC), the City’s independent oversight agency, adapted its oversight model to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 8:00 am on Friday April 3, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Saturday April 4, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Sunday April 5, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Monday April 6, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Wednesday April 8, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Thursday April 9, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Friday April 10, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Saturday April 11, 2020.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) and Department of Correction (DOC) COVID-19 updates to the Board of Correction (BOC) as of 7:00 am on Sunday April 12, 2020.