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Freed Rikers inmates are given cellphones, cab fare and hotel rooms
NY POST ^ | March 27, 2020 | Larry Celona, Julia Marsh and Ben Feuerherd

Posted on 03/28/2020 1:57:50 PM PDT by Baynative

Some inmates released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak are being given free cellphones, cab fare and even hotel rooms as they head out the door, according to sources and a City Hall rep.

“This is a disgrace to all correction officers — insane and dishonorable,’’ a city Department of Corrections source raged to The Post on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: criminals; released; rikers
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What the heck is happening to our country ... our sanity?
1 posted on 03/28/2020 1:57:50 PM PDT by Baynative
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To: Baynative

Hey they’re called “Trump-phones” now!

MAGA!!


2 posted on 03/28/2020 1:58:35 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Baynative

What sanity?


3 posted on 03/28/2020 1:59:02 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Prayers up for Rush Limbaugh...)
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To: nascarnation

“City Hall spokeswoman Avery Cohen said inmates who are showing coronavirus symptoms are being given hotel rooms used by the Department of Homeless Services for isolation.”


4 posted on 03/28/2020 1:59:08 PM PDT by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: nascarnation

Hey they’re called “Trump-phones” now!

MAGA!!


Remember to vote Biden!


5 posted on 03/28/2020 2:01:04 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Trump is the QB now.
He’s using the Rham Emanuel playbook.
Hopefully winning the game.
We’ll worry about the deficit down the road.


6 posted on 03/28/2020 2:02:36 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Baynative

And the NYC mayor and NY Governor whine for more money...


7 posted on 03/28/2020 2:03:33 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Baynative

All someone has to do to get these perks is wax someone? Anyone?


8 posted on 03/28/2020 2:03:34 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: All

Start spreading the news...


9 posted on 03/28/2020 2:04:02 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Baynative

Lock down NYC


10 posted on 03/28/2020 2:05:50 PM PDT by NativeSon ( What Would Virginia Do? #WWVD)
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To: Baynative

insanity and immorality....evil...


11 posted on 03/28/2020 2:07:08 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Libloather

Brian got busted on a narco rap
He beat the rap by rattin’ on some bikers
He said, hey, I know it’s dangerous
But it sure beats Riker’s
But the next day he got offed
By the very same bikers

People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band


12 posted on 03/28/2020 2:07:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Baynative

Prisoners have long been given money or travel vouchers upon release.


13 posted on 03/28/2020 2:09:19 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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Might as well give them guns and burglar tools while they are at it.


14 posted on 03/28/2020 2:09:40 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Baynative

Why is the disgrace limited to prison guards? What is the rest of the population? Chopped liver?


15 posted on 03/28/2020 2:11:22 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: nascarnation

When you are in the emergency room, you worry about the bill later, just saying

Remember to vote Biden!


16 posted on 03/28/2020 2:15:19 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Baynative

It appears that NYC is unsalvageable. This is what a foreign invasion did to a once great city.


17 posted on 03/28/2020 2:17:24 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Baynative

Lovin’ the Good Life on someone else’s dime. Doesn’t get much better than that

Getting pretty annoyed with this Socialism disguised as a Pandemic. Not discounting the sick, but the hype and hysteria promoted by the Media sure smells like something Rotten going on...


18 posted on 03/28/2020 2:17:52 PM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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To: Baynative
biaroord
19 posted on 03/28/2020 2:18:16 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Baynative

Leftists, commies, socialists, anarchists and liberals have infiltrated everything, and are running most everything.


20 posted on 03/28/2020 2:18:52 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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