City announces construction of new jail in the Bronx

Mayor Bill De Blasio wants to close down Rikers Island. In place of the notoriously problematic jail, he wants to build a new facility in the Bronx, as well as modernize three others in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. But that takes funds the city may not have. Juliette Jabkhiro reports.

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