500 Women and Teenagers to Be Bailed Out From Rikers by Human Rights Group; Men Are Fine Right Where They Are

lostapwbm · 2018-09-21T02:18:16+00:00

More than 500 women and teenagers will be bailed out from Rikers Island as part of a national campaign to dismantle a bail system that activists say discriminates against minorities and the poor.

The effort is being spearheaded by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group, which plans to raise at least $5 million to fund the releases. While there have been other so-called mass bailouts around the country, organizers said they believe this effort at Rikers has the potential to be one of the largest ever.

“The crux of the issue is that in New York City, we criminalize poverty,” Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, said in an interview on Wednesday. “There are no wealthy people on Rikers Island because if you are wealthy, you go free because you make bail.

Are you asserting that the poor are inclined to criminality?

The group has organized 200 volunteers who, starting in October, will bail women out from the Rose M. Singer Center, and will arrange the release of 16- and 17-year-olds from the Robert N. Davoren Complex, perhaps aiding the city in its goal to close those jails more quickly than planned.

Meanwhile, men in jail are just fine right where they are.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will not make bail decisions based on the crimes that an individual has been charged with, Ms. Kennedy said. Anyone who is eligible for bail is a candidate for assistance.

“If a judge feels this person is a danger to society, they will not make them bail eligible,” Ms. Kennedy said.

More than 75 percent of people at Rikers are released without being sentenced to prison, according to the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform. The cost of housing an inmate for a year at Rikers is $271,000, the commission found.

No wonder New York is having financial problems.

“These are resources we could redirect toward housing and toward health care, drug rehabilitation or an Ivy League education for every person we put in jail,” Ms. Kennedy said. “You could argue that the city should be paying us.”

That rests on the (unproven) assertion that the women they are trying to bail out aren't a threat to society or won't skip court.

TheMythof_Feminism · 2018-09-21T07:17:34+00:00

A complete abortoin of justice.

chadwickofwv · 2018-09-21T12:08:42+00:00

I bet that the children are also all going to be girls.

DavidByron2 · 2018-09-21T17:13:03+00:00

What the fuck kind of "human rights group" has someone at some point in their meeting stand up and say, "Oh we shouldn't save any men of course - because men are disgusting and deserve to rot in jail"

And then that person is applauded instead of being thrown out of the meeting?

Title	500 Women and Teenagers to Be Bailed Out From Rikers by Human Rights Group; Men Are Fine Right Where They Are
Author	lostapwbm
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Date	September 21, 2018 2:10 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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