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Sick calls require Rikers staff boost, NYC jails chief says

At a City Council hearing Wednesday, Correction Commissioner Louis Molina signaled that he will ask for as many as 2,000 new officers to solve the staffing crisis at Rikers Island, which has led to a guard shortage at the island’s jails that endangers detainees and staff and has forced many officers to work triple shifts. ....

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Court Orders State To Vaccinate Older Inmate In Cuomo's "Prison Nursing Home"


Court Orders State To Vaccinate Older Inmate In Cuomo’s “Prison Nursing Home”
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A worker prepare vaccines at Stony Brook University on January 18, 2021
Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)
A New York State Judge has ordered the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to a 65-year-old incarcerated man with chronic lung disease. Criminal rights advocates now hope the decision will push the state to speed up vaccine access for vulnerable incarcerated people as outbreaks inside prisons continue to balloon.
Edward Mackenzie, 65, who is currently incarcerated at Adirondack Correctional Facility dubbed Cuomo’s “prison nursing home” sued the state in mid-December, arguing if he catches COVID-19 his age and underlying health conditions make him at increased risk of severe consequences and death from the virus. He was seeking early release and had earlier told WN ....

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