Rikers Commission Study Finds Local Jails Have No Impact on Property Values or Crime Rates | Gotham Gazette

As the city eyes sites for the four borough-based jails that will replace the Rikers Island jail complex, some residents have sounded off concerns about negative impacts they believe local facilities may have on their neighborhoods. A new analysis may assuage some of those worries, finding that detention facilities in New York City have not, historically, had observable impacts on neighborhood property values or crime rates. Continue reading.