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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
2020-10-10
[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

#7  Oh, no explanation needed.

And of course, once shut down, re-opening according to code will be impossible.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-10-10 16:42  

#6  The wealthy in NYC and San Francisco do not care how many people leave these city’s. They will buy the abandoned buildings and homes, change the laws and then become very rich.
Posted by: Whorong Hitler8227   2020-10-10 13:03  

#5  After Trump, I probably won't care if the president is kidnapped...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-10-10 08:42  

#4  Believe the new plan is to wall off Manhattan. Unfortunately, Snake Plisken won't be able to land a glider on the World Trade center.
Posted by: Hupolurong Speasing3559   2020-10-10 03:46  

#3  'The Tombs'? If the Dems could unlock the gate to Hell they would do it.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110   2020-10-10 01:58  

#2   Catch and release
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2020-10-10 01:34  

#1  So, crime and corruption is now officially the law of "Baghdad on the Subway".
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2020-10-10 00:37  

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