Posted on 05/13/2023 12:25:00 PM PDT by lowbridge
Inmates on notorious Rikers Island could soon be scoring “Get out of Jail Free” cards courtesy of the New York City Council.
Progressive Democratic Council members approved a controversial bill aimed at slashing the lock-up’s population by creating new borough-based, taxpayer-funded “jail population review” teams to decide who among the complex’s roughly 6,000 prisoners meet yet-to-be-determined criteria “for early case resolution or pretrial release.”
Democratic Councilman Robert Holden called it among the most “dangerous” pieces of legislation he’s ever seen.
The goal of the bill, sponsored by left-wing Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan), is lowering the jail population to meet a city mandate to close Rikers by August 2027. Four smaller lockups slated to replace Rikers would only hold 3,544 beds combined.
Supporters also claim there’s too many detainees awaiting trial on Rikers who are unfairly stuck at a facility plagued for decades by poor living conditions and violence.
“The legislation … will spur action towards reducing our jail population for a safer and more humane New York City,” said Rivera.
A Rivera spokesperson said the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice will ultimately decide the criteria for how detainees qualify for early release.
The office’s review teams are expected to include contracted clinicians and social workers who’ll evaluate cases and “resource coordinators” who’ll connect released detainees with mental health programs or other alternative-to-incarceration programs, the spokesperson added.
Critics blasted the new $3 million-a-year program – which is slated to begin in October through MOCJ – for lacking clarity on how early-release applications will be decided and for potentially putting scores of dangerous criminals back on the street.
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Animals released from jail, animals pouring through the southern border. Good times.
Probably making room for more conservatives. Keep your phone on Airplane Mode to not be tracked. Some FBI staff (the good ones) were off work on Jan 6th, and were around the same area as the protesters. The Deep State tracked down some of the FBI staff, who were just there with their families, by accessing their cell phones. They were actually questioned by authorities. Truly evil.
AOC and similar types dream of removing funding from police and closing down prisons.
Headline:
Incoming House Democrats want to abolish prisons: ‘the world that we all deserve’
Incoming Florida Democrat Maxwell Frost envisions ‘a prison [and] police free society’
Dec.8, 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incoming-house-democrats-want-abolish-prisons
Because when your city has a crime problem, it only makes sense to empty the prisons.
Yes. Maybe these special Target shoppers could be joined by Rikers’ pals:
https://www.google.com/search?q=+target+store+looter+with+hammer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj2w8KihfP-AhXBNN4AHWX0CzQQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=+target+store+loote
democrats wanted to defund the police so violent criminals could attack innocent people and lead the country into chaos. There was pushback, so they tried other things, like getting soros to buy elections for soft-on-crime prosecutors, no bail laws, letting criminals out of jail, and permission to steal up to $1,000 worth of merchandise.
Whatever works, is their motto, to destroy this country.
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Because there’s obviously not enough crime.
Thought they released everyone by now, these pri##s need to be taken to the shed
And it just gets worse and worse in NYC as “progressive” (usually non-white) City Council idiots grant more and more rights and leniency to CRIMINALS. It’s clear to see what team these idiots are rooting for. Hint: it ain’t the few remaining productive citizens of NYC.
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