New York following Naw'lins lead on jails and disasters.

[Prometheus]

Locked Up and Left Behind: Hurricane Irene and the Prisoners on New York’s Rikers Island « Solitary Watch

Needing to evacuate is probably not needed right now, I agree with that on the surface.

The big issue is that there is NOTHING in place should they need to evacuate, be it tomorrow or a year in the future.

For those that don't know, Rikers hold pre trial detainees as well as other inmates.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

If these are such horrible people that they arent worth being evacuated, why are we spending our tax dollars keeping them alive/in prison(s)?

 

[mrjarrell]

Read a similar story earlier. It's sad, because most of the people there are non violent offenders. They should just be released and told to show up for their court date. The only reason many are there was that bails were set too high and they can't afford the fee. If anything does happen to these people I hope the powers that be fry.

 

[sadclownwp]

If these are such horrible people that they arent worth being evacuated, why are we spending our tax dollars keeping them alive/in prison(s)?

I agree, lets bring back hangings quick and take care of the problem.

 

[Archaic_Entity]

I agree, lets bring back hangings quick and take care of the problem.

Really? Did y'all even look at anything?

 

[sadclownwp]

Really? Did y'all even look at anything?

No, I just don't like tax dollars going to feed or house criminals.

 

[Harry2110]

Heres the thing would you really want to boardcast to the public and the criminals family that they are being moved and this is the path they will be taking. It would seem smart to say no evacuation plans but still move them so no break out attempts are made.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Read a similar story earlier. It's sad, because most of the people there are non violent offenders. They should just be released and told to show up for their court date. The only reason many are there was that bails were set too high and they can't afford the fee. If anything does happen to these people I hope the powers that be fry.

For some reason i was thinking of Rikers as a prison for the lowest of the low. I mean, its on an island, why would you build a prison so isolated for non violent criminals?

 

[mrjarrell]

For some reason i was thinking of Rikers as a prison for the lowest of the low. I mean, its on an island, why would you build a prison so isolated for non violent criminals?

As I recall, the real badasses get sent upstate to the penitentiaries. Rykers holds a lot of people that are waiting for trial and just can't afford bail. No doubt they've got some violent felons there, but they have loads of folks there on non violent crimes.

 

[Prometheus]

It's a jail, not a prison.

One of the facilities also houses under age inmates as well.

Seems to be lots of misconceptions about the place-
Rikers Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Archaic_Entity]

No, I just don't like tax dollars going to feed or house criminals.

Did you miss the part of the conversation where these are non-violent offenders and/or people who couldn't make bail (i.e. not yet guilty)?

Seriously, if you want to get into a conversation about the justice system, specifically the prison system, we can. But this is so far removed from that right now.