Rikers detainees are isolated and idle after programming budget cuts, advocates tell NYC Council
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Years before coming to Congress, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was a public defender, and now he's raising the alarm about proposed cuts by the House and Senate to the federal public defender system, which he calls a "bedrock requirement" of the American judicial system.
Shanice Aviles was busted twice after allegedly breaking into Robert De Niros townhouse in December -- including a heist at Columbia Teachers College when she should've been wearing a monitoring ankle bracelet.
Earlier this week, Reuters and NPR reported that the $1.5 billion budget the federal public defenders have requested has been slashed in a pair of recent appropriations bills. The Republican-controlled House has recommended $1.41 billion, while the Democratic-controlled Senate has countered with $1.38 billion.
Florence 1 schools' board of trustees recently voted to use $435,000 of its budget to hire private armed security guards. The board finalized plans to hire 13 armed guards for