The New York City Board of Correction, an independent oversight committee, has called for the immediate release of high-risk inmates from Rikers Island. MrJDWalsh reports
Rikers Island. Photo: Debra L Rothenberg/Getty Images On Tuesday, the New York City Board of Correction called for the immediate release of high-risk inmates from Rikers Island. The Board of Correction, an independent oversight committee for the city’s jail system, said the city must “drastically reduce the number of people in jail right now” to limit the spread of coronavirus.
On the whole, advocates fear city and state correctional facilities are woefully underprepared. An internal document obtained by The City, outlined a 22-page plan for Rikers Island that included having inmates sleep head-to-toe three feet apart. Facing widespread criticism for the plan, the Department of Correction has yet to elaborate on its preparations, according to Kelsey De Avila, of Brooklyn Defender Services. “Our biggest concern is how we’re housing people and separating people.
“There is a population that’s uniquely vulnerable that we need to remember: older and seriously ill people in our prisons,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement last week. “Once the virus spreads to our prisons, older incarcerated people and those with preexisting health problems will be in the virus’s crosshairs and the prisons will not have the capacity to care for them.
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