Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced his plans to “responsibly” reduce the population in city jails because of a rise in the jail population, citing a shortage of correction officers and a decline in conditions. This is all related to the unrealistic and foolhardy move to close Rikers Island. We’ve seen this movie before. In 2019, to help speed up the closure of Rikers, the state passed “bail reform,” which led to the release of almost 2,000 career criminals from city jails. Within 2½ months, by