Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it was wrong for the government to hold people in solitary confinement, calling for better treatment of Paul Manafort after news emerged that Trump's former campaign chief could be headed to Rikers Island
News emerged on Tuesday that Trump's former campaign chief could be headed to the infamous Rikers Island jail complex in New York City for the duration of a state case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. The move would transfer Manafort from a western Pennsylvania prison here he is serving his ongoing federal sentence.
The Manhattan district attorney issued more criminal charges against Manafort hours after his sentencing in March, and CNN reported on Tuesday that New York prosecutors were seeking to move Manafort from Pennsylvania to Rikers for the New York case.In her tweets, Ocasio-Cortez said she was applying her beliefs to Manafort's case, adding that"a prison sentence is not a license for torture and human rights violations. That's what solitary confinement is.
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