New York, NY – Today, the New York City Comptroller’s Office released its monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here. Key monthly DOC metrics show: DOC jails housed...
April 25, 2024The New York City Comptroller’s Office released its monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here. New this month, the Comptroller’s office includes two regularly updated charts related...
February 22, 2024New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced a settlement with the family of Kevin Bryan, who died in Department of Correction (DOC) custody on Rikers Island in 2022, for $2.25...
November 3, 2023After a year of publishing monthly updates on key indicators regarding the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) and one day ahead of a court hearing that may consider...
August 9, 2023Introduction On July 23, 44-year-old Curtis Davis was found unresponsive at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island, where he was awaiting trial on assault charges. Two correction officers...
August 9, 2023New York, NY — New York, NY -- The New York City Comptroller’s Office released a monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here. The dashboard monitors pervasive issues...
October 26, 2022New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander called on the federal judge overseeing the consent decree over operations at the Rikers Island jail facilities to institute a...
October 13, 2022Comptroller Lander delivered remarks at a virtual forum titled "How to End the Crises on Rikers Island" hosted by Columbia Law School, Columbia Justice Lab, Vital City, Columbia School of...
October 13, 2022Thank you to Chair Rivera and the members of the Committee on Criminal Justice for convening this hearing and providing the opportunity to testify on behalf of New York City...
September 28, 2022New York, NY – The New York City Comptroller’s Office released a monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here. The dashboard monitors pervasive issues in the...
September 13, 2022This analysis, the first Agency Watch List released by Comptroller Lander, compares proposed FY23 DOC spending to prior fiscal years, finding spending rising along with the jail population and rates...
March 23, 2022This analysis, the first Agency Watch List released by Comptroller Lander, compares proposed FY23 DOC spending to prior fiscal years, finding spending rising along with the jail population and rates...
March 22, 2022This report analyzes jail population trends and DOC expenditures, finding that the full annual cost per incarcerated person has nearly quadrupled over the last decade, rising from $144,176 in FY...
December 6, 2021This Agency Watch List report, which charts DOC expenditures from FY 2017 to FY 2022, shows declines in the jail population outpacing the decrease in the DOC budget, leading to...
March 10, 2021This Agency Watch List report shows that from FY 2015 to FY 2019, at the same the jail population had fallen by 20 percent, total agency spending was projected to...
March 14, 2019The first Agency Watch List released by the Comptroller's office, this analysis shows the jail population trending down but Department of Correction spending, staffing, and violence rising. Why is This...
May 11, 2018