Today, I was here to announce a new jail-based community re-entry program, which was part of my State of the City promise to further reduce recidivism: http://bit.ly/W6paOw
The average daily inmate population of NYC Department of Correction varies b/t 13 and 18,000. More than the prison population of many state correctional systems. On a typical weekday the Department logs more than 3,000 miles transporting inmates to courts, medical and other prison facilities.