<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">This is just insane:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;width:600px"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif">Rikers Island in New York City has been gripped by its worst crisis since the crack epidemic of the early 1990s. More than 16 men have died in the jail system this year. Some detainees roam unsupervised; others go without food or basic health care.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;width:600px"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif">The failures are stark, given the cost: <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/9kkVxpV1XaIojU5zqyQCZw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRjsgxdP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8xMi8zMS9ueXJlZ2lvbi9yaWtlcnMtaXNsYW5kLWNvcnJlY3Rpb24tb2ZmaWNlcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIxMTIzMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD00OTE3NiZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NjQxNTk3NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD03ODQxMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzhXA255dEIKYbtdh89hTk5vNVITZm9vemxlcjgzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="gmail-m_4863285570819842427css-5nb5nb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(40,110,208);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit">more than $400,000 per inmate</a> annually, which is more than six times the average in the nation’s other  biggest cities.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif">bill w</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>