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OK - now #RikersIsland jail proceeding @sdnylive, Inner City Press is covering the case innercitypress.com/sdny42cswainri… and will live tweet, thread below 
NYC Corrections Commissioner Molina: Since being appointed by Mayor Adams [my] team has been active. I understanding the public is frustrated. However, this Administration is committed to resolving the problems. A receiver will not solve this. I will.
Molina: We need more Deputy Wardens. They have been working only 7 am to 3 pm. Now we'll have them 24 hours a day. On data, quite frankly we are not good at analyzing it. We have hired experts, to ensure we are an evidence-based corrections organization
Today 75 inmates tested positive for #coronavirus in NYC jails including #RikersIsland nearly double the amount yesterday. 39 Correction staff have the virus. @LegalAidNYC compared the rate of infection to city and state numbers.
By comparison, the rate of infections in NY state prisons is moving at a slower pace. Three inmates including #HarveyWeinstein have #coronavirus. But the number of correction officers is almost double from yesterday with 33 who tested positive.
At this rate, the number of inmates who will contract #coronavirus on #RikersIsland could reach triple digits as soon as tomorrow. Still, efforts to release certain inmates — several hundred — are slow, too slow to minimize the spread of the virus.
The situation on #Rikers has worsened. According to information from city's Board of Correction, 21 inmates, 12 jail employees and five correctional health workers have tested positive for #coronavirus up from a total of eight people the day before:
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Earlier this week, the chief physician for city jails warned public officials that a "storm is coming" + that the jails needed to be emptied as much as possible to prevent a massive outbreak. This is a 375% increase in #coronavirus cases on #RikersIsland:
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Public defenders warned that officials needed to act quickly + that the situation on #Rikers is a "ticking time bomb." Prosecutors, courts + @NYCMayor's office have been working to release hundreds of inmates from the city's jails.
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