Coronavirus found among New York prison population

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Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/world...ew-york-prison-population-11584579852731.html

First case of coronavirus found among New York prison population
3 min read . Updated: 19 Mar 2020, 06:37 AM IST Bloomberg
Rikers is located on a 413-acre island in the Bronx section of New York. It currently has about 6,000 inmates, the correction officers’ union said..


An inmate in New York’s prison system has been infected with the coronavirus -- the first case reported by prison officials.

“This detainee has been removed from the general population and is being closely monitored by Correctional Health Services," New York City’s Department of Corrections said in a statement on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the department said a guard at New York’s Rikers Island jail also tested positive for the coronavirus as some city officials called on law enforcement to curtail arrests for low-level crimes in the midst of a pandemic.

The guard, who’s not being named, is under the care of a medical professional, said Peter Thorne, a spokesman for New York City’s Department of Corrections...

 

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Source: https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/u...eleasing-inmates-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/

US: New York City to begin releasing inmates due to coronavirus outbreak
By New York Post
March 18, 2020

(NEW YORK POST) — Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to release “vulnerable” inmates from city jails to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic into local lockups, he said Wednesday...

 

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Source: https://ridgewoodpost.com/rikers-in...ovid-19-city-to-release-40-vulnerable-inmates


Rikers Inmate Tests Positive for COVID-19; City to Release 40 Vulnerable Inmates
March 20, 2020 By Allie Griffin

New York City will release 40 inmates on Rikers Island who are vulnerable of complications associated with the novel coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

The individuals have been chosen based on specific health vulnerabilities and their low-risk status, as non-threatening and unlikely to reoffend...

 

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Source: https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavi...kers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-board-says


21 NYC jail inmates, 17 workers test positive for coronavirus, board says
Posted: 8:17 AM, Mar 22, 2020
Updated: 8:17 AM, Mar 22, 2020
By: PIX11 Web Team


BRONX, New York — At least 17 workers and 21 inmates at Rikers Island and other New York City jails have tested positive for coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to the city Board of Correction.

In a letter to the city’s criminal justice leaders, dated Saturday, Board of Correction interim chair Jacqueline Sherman said the jails are facing a crisis. She urged the release of thousands of inmates to stem the spread of coronavirus...

 

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Source: https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/first-federal-inmate-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/

...An inmate jailed in New York City’s Metropolitan Detention Center has tested positive for the pandemic COVID-19 — marking the first coronavirus case of a detainee in the federal prison system.

The inmate remains in isolation at the federal jail in Brooklyn following the confirmed case, the US Bureau of Prisons reported on its website Saturday...

 

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NYC eyeing release of 200 more inmates amid coronavirus outbreak: https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/nyc-to-release-200-more-inmates-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/

 

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|Mar 24, 2020,05:30pm EDT
Inmate At MCC New York Tests Positive For COVID-19
Walter PavloContributor
Personal Finance

The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has another facility where an inmate has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

According to an internal memorandum obtained from a source inside of MCC New York, Warden M. Licon-Vatale released an internal memo to MCC staff stating that “an inmate who is housed at MCC New York tested positive for COVID-19 on March 23, 2020.”
MCC New York

MCC New York, Lower Manhattan Corbis via Getty Images

This is the second positive test of an inmate at a New York federal prison and the fourth to date. The other cases were at MDC Brooklyn (1) and FCC Oakdale - Louisiana (2) on March 22...

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/walter...ork-tests-positive-for-covid-19/#5790e9c22a0e

 

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Mayor De Blasio Releasing Hundreds Of Inmates Out Of Rikers Island Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
JASON HOPKINS
March 25, 20203:10 PM ET

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is releasing around 300 prisoners from Rikers Island as a means to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

During a press conference Tuesday night, de Blasio said he would release roughly 300 nonviolent inmates from Rikers Island who are most at risk of dying from COVID-19. To meet the criteria for release, these inmates must be over 70 years old, imprisoned for nonviolent crimes, and have less than a year left to serve...:tiphat:https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/25/d...n-coronavirus/