Michael Tyson, who died of coronavirus on Sunday, was incarcerated on Rikers Island for an alleged technical violation of parole.
Meaning he did not commit a crime, but missed a meeting or violated curfew or tested positive for marijuana.
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Meaning he did not commit a crime, but missed a meeting or violated curfew or tested positive for marijuana.
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He should never have been in jail in the first place. There are still hundreds of people on Rikers Island jailed on technical parole violations and thousands in county jails across New York State.
There are also almost 5,000 people in New York state prisons who have been sentenced because they were found guilty of technical violations of parole.
.@NYGovCuomo who said the other day he had no power to do anything to reduce the state's jail or prison populations, could release all of these people with the stroke of a pen.
People are dying who have not even been accused of a crime.
People are dying who have not even been accused of a crime.
