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Ten percent of Rikers inmates re-arrested after coronavirus release: NYPD

Some 10 percent of those cut free from Rikers Island due to coronavirus concerns since March have since been arrested — some multiple times, The Post has learned.

Some 10 percent of those cut free from Rikers Island due to coronavirus concerns since March have since been arrested — some multiple times, The Post has learned.

Out of the roughly 2,500 inmates let go from the city's largest jail, 250 have used the freedom to allegedly commit nearly 450 new crimes, NYPD data obtained by The Post shows.

A Rikers Island shuttle heads back toward the prison from NYC Shutterstock Some 10 percent of those cut free from Rikers Island due to coronavirus concerns since March have since been arrested — some multiple times, The Post has learned.

Out of the roughly 2,500 inmates let go from the [...]




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