Under the new law, another 200 inmates at Rikers will be transported to other facilities to avoid overcrowding.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is directing the state parole board to immediately release 191 prison inmates amid the crisis at Rikers Island that has worsened over the course of the pandemic.
Advocates estimate that approximately 270 inmates on Rikers—nearly five percent of the total jail population—are currently being held for technical violations of their parole. Under the Less is More Act, Hochul also ordered around 200 inmates at Rikers to be transferred to state prison facilities to relieve severe overcrowding.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Less is More Act on Friday. Above, Hochul talks to reporters at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 8, 2021, in New York City.Rikers has long been notorious for brutal conditions and violence, but the facility has been particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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