https://www.newsweek.com/rikers-island-covid-19-new-york-city-1496872
Rikers Island now has a confirmed infection rate of 6.6% which is over seven times that of NYC and nine times that of New York State. Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have begun releasing inmates slowly; however, many call the release rate insufficient and unjust as many inmates, over 100, are particularly susceptible to severe cases of COVID-19 and/or are weeks away from release. This high infection rate and call for releases continues to follow the prison’s first death of inmate Michael Tyson who was being held for violation of parole.
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