Brooklyn, N.Y. – The number of inmates in New York City jails has been rising faster than correction officials had anticipated, by 9 percent since Jan. 1, jail population peaks sometimes to 14,002, leaving the jails at close to their current capacity.
It is not clear why it it is happening, but if the trend continues, the City Correction Department will need to reopen the Brooklyn House of Detention, a grim 10-story tower on Atlantic Avenue between Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill, that would relieve the strain that the large number of inmates has placed on correctional and health care workers at Rikers Island.
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