Posted on 09/17/2021 1:21:23 PM PDT by lowbridge
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said she was ordering the immediate release of 191 inmates who are locked up on Rikers Island for what she called “technical” violations of their parole from state prison.
Hochul made the announcement before signing into law the “Less Is More Act” that will stop the state from putting ex-cons back behind bars for missing appointments with their parole officers, violating curfew or testing positive for drugs or alcohol.
The measure is set to go into effect on March 1, but Hochul said the ongoing crisis at Rikers meant there was no time to wait, calling reports of out-of-control violence and chaos at the massive jail complex “deeply disturbing.”
Hochul also said she was ordering the transfers of around 200 inmates from Rikers to state prisons amid recent admissions by city Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi that planned reform efforts can’t be achieved under the existing conditions.
Hochul said the inmates she was releasing “have served their sentences” for the crimes they committed and “do not need to be incarcerated.”
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Hochul the Fool can explain herself to the next victims of these perps.
in other words, anything short of murder and mayhem, good to go?
The Governor’s mansion has that many beds and baths?
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Oh, heaven for bid we require that they live up to the terms of their probation!
Garbage out and garbage in.
Hope they look her up to thank her
Reallt? I think they should call it the “Stupid is Brilliant” act.
Probably what she was the whole time, but now she is free to let it out.
This women is going to make Cuomo look like a boy scout. And that is pretty hard to do. Eeevil Women.
Gonna be a fun time at the Queensboro Plaza station when those busses arrive!
I bet RINOs are looking on her with envy.
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