38 Positive for Coronavirus At Rikers, NYC Jails
Rikers Island jail complex.
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(AP) -- The board overseeing New York City’s jails urged officials to start releasing vulnerable populations and those being held on low-level offenses as the coronavirus outbreak hit the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby jails — infecting at least 38 people.
Another inmate, meanwhile, became the first in the country to test positive in a federal jail.