.AOC demands Paul Manafort not be put in solitary on Rikers Island
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said former Trump campaign manager Paul J. Manafort should be released alongside all other prisoners currently in solitary confinement at New York's Rikers Island.
The New York Democratic congresswoman who has frequently touted criminal justice reform measures took to Twitter Wednesday demanding Manafort be released from solitary confinement. He was convicted last year on federal bank fraud, tax and conspiracy charges and has been serving a seven-and-a-half year sentence in Pennsylvania. But it's widely believed that, fearing a federal Trump pardon, the Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
"Paul Manafort is being sent to solitary confinement in my district - Rikers Island. A prison sentence is not a license for gov torture and human rights violations. That's what solitary confinement is. Manafort should be released, along with all people being held in solitary," Ocasio-CortezRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on April 10, 2019, in Washington, DC.
Ocasio-Cortez has also called for the closing of the Rikers Island jail complex entirely, citing numerous damningRikers Island contains a network of nine jails with around 7,500 inmates that includes pretrial detainees and inmates serving sentences of 12 months or less. A law enforcement official speaking on the condition of anonymity toldprison hospital on the island used to hold high-profile inmates.
But the New York City Department of Correction, Manafort's attorneys and the Manhattan district attorney's office have all declined to comment toon the matter except to say Manafort is not currently in the New York agency's custody as of Tuesday.
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