Brendan McDermid/Reuters A prisoner looks at a corrections officer from behind several layers of glass and bars in the enhanced supervision housing unit at Rikers Island in New York on March 12, 2015. Last Sunday, he was transferred to a building on Rikers Island that is now being used to test incarcerated men for the coronavirus. Chris HatcherOne of the eight buildings on Rikers Island, the Eric M. Taylor Center, is now being used as a quarantine unit for 180 people who have coronavirus symptoms and those who have tested positive for the disease. And while this kind of segregation seems like a necessary stopgap, seven incarcerated men told HuffPost the conditions inside the facility are hazardous to their health, and they’re afraid they will die there. Seth Wenig/AP This June 20, 2014, file photo shows the Rikers Island jail complex with the Manhattan skyline in the background.

Source: Huffington Post April 04, 2020 20:15 UTC