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NYC Mayor
shocked to hear newly released “empty the jails” inmates commit new crimes
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“The “empty
the jails” initiative has really been picking up steam in cities around the
country. This is particularly true of New York City,
where Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized the release of roughly 1,500 inmates,
including more than 650 from Riker’s Island.
This was ostensibly done to avoid a massive outbreak of COVID-19 in the jails. So what did
the newly released inmates do with their newfound freedom? Some of them simply
went home to wait out the pandemic, I suppose. But according to the New York Post, at least fifty of them were
back in jail in a matter of days, having committed a fresh round of crimes.”
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