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Notorious Manhattan jail known as 'The Tombs' will be shut down along with a jail on Rikers Island because NYC officials project 'reduction in jail population' without explaining why - despite surging crime in the city amid the pandemic
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The Metropolitan Detention Center in Manhattan and the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island will both close next month
- Combined, the prisons house more than 750 inmates; the criminals will be transferred to other jails across the city
- The NYC Department of Corrections says 'a significant reduction in the city's current and projected prison populations' sparked the decision
- A corrections officers' union called the decision 'reckless' because prisoners will now have to be squeezed into other facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-10 |
