Mayor Bill de Blasio formally announced plans in February to close Rikers Island, following years of calls to shutter the nearly nine-decade-old jail.
The battle to scrap Rikers, once notorious for locking minors in solitary confinement, also marks a step in the movement to overhaul the juvenile justice system.
Samantha Maldonado reports on a group of people working on multiple fronts to combat youth incarceration.