New York City is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to former detainees at jails on Rikers Island and other city lockups who were held for hours — and sometimes longer than a day — after bail was posted for their release.
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“From our analysis of the city’s records, it seems that nearly everyone’s release was delayed over three hours,” said Debbie Greenberger, an attorney with law firm Emery, Celli, Brinckerhoff, Abady, Ward and Maazel. The reasons for the delays in releasing people, according to the suit, include malfunctioning computers and fax machines, unavailable staff and detainees prematurely transferred from court to jail for prolonged processing before bail payments were accepted.
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