Following the De Blasio administration’s unveiling of a 10-year plan to shut down the prison on Rikers Island, a new report, spearheaded by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, looks at what a Rikers-free New York City might look like.

Justice in Design, as this report is titled, is a collaboration between the Van Alen Institute, and a commission appointed by Mark-Viverito in February 2016, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform.

The report acts as a set of guidelines to show how borough-based jails can successfully be created and how they can fast-track the process of permanently closing Rikers. Over the past few months, the Van Alen Institute conducted a host of public meetings in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn to understand people’s experiences with jails. The meetings were open to folks living or working in jails or even those who live in neighborhoods that have jails…