Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Lunchroom Digest

City Studies

Lunchroom Digest

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Print From Cellblock to Your Block

In March 2017, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio pledged to close the Rikers Island jail complex within 10 years and introduced plans to build four new “borough-based” jails in the city. Who decides where jails get built? How do jails impact surrounding neighborhoods? What are the impacts of jails on the incarcerated, their families, and their communities?

In the spring of 2018, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Stephen Kwok and public high school students from Life Sciences Secondary School to investigate these questions.

Students created public art interventions, surveyed community members near the Manhattan Detention Complex, and interviewed key stakeholders working on the issue. This booklet is a guide to what they discovered.

Snack Attack

City Studies

Snack Attack

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!