Former prisoner becomes New York City jail leader
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appoints Stanley Richards, who was once in prison, as the new head of New York City jails. Richards is the first formerly imprisoned person to lead the city's corrections system.
Stanley Richards spent time in Rikers Island jail in the late 1980s for robbery. After his release in 1991, he worked to improve the prison system. Mayor Mamdani chose him to lead the Department of Correction.
Richards believes in helping prisoners, not just punishing them. New York City jails are having problems and a federal judge is watching them. Richards will start his new job on February 16.
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