One year after a blue-ribbon commission issued a landmark plan aimed at the eventual closure of Rikers Island, New York City’s five district attorneys remain divided over whether shuttering the sprawling jail complex is a good idea.

Last year, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, chaired by former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, recommended gradually closing Rikers over a 10-year period and diverting the city’s inmate population to borough-based jails.

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