LISTEN: Where do we stand on the Brooklyn jail plan?
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The city’s current plan for the Brooklyn House of Detention at 275 Atlantic Ave. would more than double its current size to 395 feet with 1,150 beds.
After holding several public hearings, Community Board 2, which includes Boerum Hill, voted no on the city’s plan. The board instead recommended a smaller jail that houses only 875 beds, expanded alternative sentencing programs and for psychiatric diagnoses to be moved out of jails and into therapeutic environments.