“Yesterday, dozens of Brooklyn residents waving ‘Stop the Jail’ signs stood in protest with the local City Council member, David Yassky, the city comptroller, William Thompson Jr., and a handful of state legislators. ‘This is a case where the Department of Correction is saying, ‘If it isn’t broke, break it,” Mr. Thompson, an expected mayoral […]

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There’s a community meeting coming up on May 29 about the city’s contentious plans to expand and reopen the Brooklyn House of Detention. It will take place at 7PM at the Belarusian Church on the corner of Atlantic Avenue & Bond Street. Here’s a bit from the House of Detention Stakeholders group that’s sponsoring the […]

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If you’re wondering what’s going to happen with the city’s plan to reopen, add retail space to and double the population of the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue, there’s a Community Meeting on Thursday (6/21). The meeting will take place at 7:00PM, at the Belarusian Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue (Atlantic and Bond). Corrections […]

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The city’s Economic Development Corp. has issued a “Request for Expressions of Interest” for the Brooklyn House of Detention (AKA the Jail with Retail) on Atlantic Avenue. The RFEI, as it’s known, talks about a 165,000 square foot jail expansion for 720 inmate beds and two towers with 238,500 square feet of residential or commercial […]

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There was a meeting between community members and the Commissioner of City Corrections at Boro Hall yesterday to discuss details of the reopening and doubling in size of the Brooklyn Detention Center at Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street. Apparently, details will be released publicly next week. The writer of the email says: The DOC has […]

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