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Jail visits for judges: Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2026

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The Issue: A requirement for New York sentencing judges to visit a jail or prison at least once a year.

It’s wrong to mandate New York judges to visit jails and prisons at least once a year (“NY judges ‘jailed,’ ” June 17).

This would prejudice judges in favor of defendants and convicted criminals. What about the crime victims? Why not order the judges to attend at least one wake and funeral or burial for a murder victim? Or spend a day with an orphan?

Yes, the jails are tough places, but this should not color how a judge rules.

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The requirement for sentencing judges in New York to visit jails and prisons annually is reinforcement of the widely held belief that Democrats in New York City and across the country firmly support criminals over law-abiding citizens, taxpayers, and victims of crime.

The new law does not say that judges will be required to visit graves of victims, families of victims or children left motherless. Victims don’t count when the Democrats........

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