Jacqueline Sherman, the interim chairwoman of the New York City Board of Correction, sent a letter to state and city officials on Saturday urging them to release inmates at higher risk of dying from an infection and to "rapidly" decrease the prison population.
Date: Mar 22, 2020
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Coronavirus: 38 test positive in New York City jails, including Rikers Island
Another inmate, meanwhile, became the first in the country to test positive in a federal jail. In a letter to New Yorks criminal justice leaders, Board of Correction interim chairwoman Jacqueline Sherman described a jail system in crisis.
Date: Mar 22, 2020
Category: U.S.
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Harvey Weinstein is put in isolation 'after contracting coronavirus'
'Fewer people in the jails will save lives and minimize transmission among people in custody as well as staff,' Board of Correction interim chairwoman Jacqueline Sherman wrote in a letter to New York's criminal justice leaders this weekend.