Some people do a year of time if they're given that in the courts rather than be shipped upstate. So there are a variety of inmates. We have allocated $8 billion for four community jails. The price tag is now up to 16 billion and will only house 4,000 of the 7,000. Guess what? We keep the inmates on Rikers island and we turn those four units in the neighborhoods into affordable housing that we've all been clamoring for. (1:15:35–1:15:46)
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