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Jails Are Petri Dishes’: Inmates Freed as the Virus Spreads Behind Bars
The New York Times/MSN News ^
| March 30, 2020
| Timothy Williams, Benjamin Weiser and William K. Rashbaum
Posted on 03/31/2020 9:09:06 AM PDT by 4Runner
In New York City, where the jail system’s chief physician warned several days ago that “a storm is coming,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city had released at least 650 people by Sunday from Rikers Island, the city’s main jail complex. Most of those inmates were convicted of nonviolent crimes and serving sentences of less than a year. Hundreds more were under review for possible release.
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MOST is not ALL. So what were the rest of them convicted for?
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:09:06 AM PDT
by
4Runner
To: 4Runner
Yes. But if you, a regular citizen is found moving about in public without the requisite excuse, you run the risk of imprisonment.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:10:28 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
To: 4Runner
“Jails Are Petri Dishes”
I don’t have a problem with that.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:11:10 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.)
To: 4Runner
But if we break the new democrat orders, we go to prison? 🤔
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:11:18 AM PDT
by
proust
(Justice delayed is injustice.)
To: 4Runner
Speed up those on death row...add repeat offenders to the list. Deport illegals in prisons and you’ll free up tons of space. Keep em all on lockdown and there’s no contact with others to worry about.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:13:08 AM PDT
by
RasterMaster
("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: MayflowerMadam
Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:13:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: proust
Just making room for dastardly violators of shelter in place baddies.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:14:03 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: 4Runner
Stay armed.
Stay vigilant.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:14:13 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: 4Runner
If jails are petri dishes... why are we sending vectors out into society?!
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:14:52 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:15:32 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.)
To: MayflowerMadam
And keep your eye, on the sparrow!
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:16:38 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: 4Runner
Let’s see. You’ve got some cons who couldn’t obey societies laws. So release them and expect them to obey Cuomo’s COVID “directives”? Yeah right.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:18:09 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
To: 4Runner
Mayor, could you please explain what you are doing?
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:18:12 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: dfwgator
Right.
(I wonder if Baretta is on any streaming service. It might be nice to see them again.)
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:18:17 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.)
To: MayflowerMadam
It was a better world when TV Shows had real theme songs.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:18:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: MayflowerMadam
Jails are tailor made LOCKDOWN and isolate facilities. What’s the problem!?
To: MayflowerMadam
Alright that’s it we have to add petri dish to the suspended words list along with “bombshell”
To: 4Runner
Watch the video of the packed NYC subway train with the drug dealer.
It's inhumane to release those poor miscreants into that.
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:22:17 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
To: dfwgator
“It was a better world when TV Shows had real theme songs.”
Plus, they make great ring tones for smart phones. My default is “Magnum P.I.”
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:22:27 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.)
To: MayflowerMadam
So cruise ships are now jails?
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posted on
03/31/2020 9:39:42 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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