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Posted by AlM on Fri Jun 23 12:30:15 2017, in response to Re: Rikers Island, posted by Fred G on Fri Jun 23 10:12:53 2017. Yes, which is considerable. Corrections officers travel in the vans that carry prisoners. Defense attorneys (usually paid by the city) have to travel to Rikers instead of to a jail near the court.Also, it limits the flexibility of the courts (I know because I've been on a jury in a criminal case). You can't run a case 10 minutes late because the prisoner is scheduled for the 4:30 van, so if the witness is expected to run a bit late, you may have to put off their entire testimony till morning. This is all real money, just not billions. I can see the case for adding some jail cells near courts and maybe closing the absolute worst Rikers buildings then. |
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