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WEINSTEIN Positive now. Rikers Island - 42 Staff and Inmates Positive for Covid-19 [View all]
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42 total staff & inmates on Rikers island are positive. This situation is spiraling
VOCAL-NY
@VOCALNewYork
BREAKING: 21 people incarcerated at Rikers Island have tested positive for #COVID19 — as well as a similar number of staff. Population in infectious disease unit has doubled from 28 to 56 in past 4 days. @NYCMayor response is totally insufficient to full blown crisis.
VOCAL-NY
@VOCALNewYork
BREAKING: 21 people incarcerated at Rikers Island have tested positive for #COVID19 — as well as a similar number of staff. Population in infectious disease unit has doubled from 28 to 56 in past 4 days. @NYCMayor response is totally insufficient to full blown crisis.
Gonna get real ugly in there. And who knows how bad other prisons are.
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