Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman who is serving a 7 ½-year prison sentence on bank and tax fraud charges in a minimum-security facility in Pennsylvania will be transferred to New York City’s infamous Riker’s Island later this week, a source close to Manafort told Fox News. Rikers, which accounts for nine of the 13 facilities in New York City’s jail system, holds roughly 10,000 inmates daily but nearly 80,000 cycle through all year, according to the New York Times. But despite millions dedicated to either reforming Rikers -- or shutting it down altogether – violence and corruption have climbed in recent years. Meanwhile, fights across all of New York City’s jail -- of which Rikers Island contains the majority – grew by 207 percent between Fiscal 2008 and 2018, according to department data. JOGGER KARINA VETRANO'S SUSPECTED KILLER COMPLAINS ABOUT LEWD RIKER'S ISLAND INMATES, GUARDSCiting these problems, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed in 2017 to shutter Rikers Island and replace it with “at least a few new facilities” within the next decade.

Source: Fox News June 04, 2019 05:03 UTC