{"id":56636,"date":"2020-08-30T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sheldon-silver-at-upstate-prison-some-inmates-call-coronavirus-death-camp\/"},"modified":"2020-08-30T02:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T23:25:00","slug":"sheldon-silver-at-upstate-prison-some-inmates-call-coronavirus-death-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sheldon-silver-at-upstate-prison-some-inmates-call-coronavirus-death-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sheldon Silver at upstate prison some inmates call coronavirus death camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Sheldon Silver at upstate prison some inmates call coronavirus death camp<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 29, 2020 |<\/span> 7:25pm <\/p>\n

\n Crooked ex-power broker Sheldon Silver is serving time at an upstate prison that some elderly inmates are comparing to a coronavirus death camp.<\/p>\n

Silver, convicted on corruption charges for taking nearly $4 million in bribes when he was assembly speaker, arrived Wednesday to begin a 6-and-a-half-year sentence at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, where a group of prisoners have complained for months about crowding and a lack of health protocols to guard against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Many of Otisville\u2019s elderly inmates have pre-existing conditions that make them more susceptible to the infection. In March, Attorney General<\/a> Bill Barr prioritized home confinement for at-risk prisoners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are people who are elderly with serious underlying conditions and it\u2019s just mind-boggling that the prison is not adhering to the US attorney general\u2019s directives,\u201d said Neal Sher, a Manhattan lawyer who has been lobbying for the \u201ccompassionate release\u201d of three elderly inmates. \u201cThe real threat is that this is a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sher stepped up his lobbying efforts in May after Michael Cohen, President Trump\u2019s former personal lawyer and Otisville inmate, was allowed to return home at the height of the pandemic. In July, the government ordered Cohen back to prison for disobeying the conditions of his home confinement.<\/p>\n

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Otisville Federal Correctional Institution<\/span>Anthony DelMundo \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One prisoner who Sher wants released is Mendel Epstein, a 75-year-old New Jersey Orthodox rabbi who is obese and has high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and impaired kidney function.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis heart health remains in precarious condition, necessitating multiple medications daily and rendering him incredibly susceptible to illness,\u201d wrote Sher in a May letter to the Bureau of Prisons seen by The Post.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Epstein was convicted along with two other Orthodox rabbis of the kidnapp<\/a>ing and torture of Jewish men to force them to grant religious divorces or \u201cgets.\u201d His release date is in 2024, according to public records.<\/p>\n

According to Epstein, inmates have been sealed in tiny cells during lockdowns with little access to fresh air and unable to call prison staff in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n

Otisville has reported 42 confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases \u2014 28 inmates and 14 staff members \u2014 but no coronavirus-related deaths, according to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. One staff member is currently infected.<\/p>\n

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Rabbi Mendel Epstein<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orange County, where the prison is located, has recorded 11,381 confirmed cases and 409 deaths, state statistics show.<\/p>\n

The federal Bureau of Prisons told The Post it is \u201ccarefully monitoring the spread of COVID-19\u201d in its prisons nationwide.<\/p>\n

In May, the Legal Aid Society sued the Otisville lockup on behalf of 15 inmates, arguing that elderly prisoners with pre-existing conditions should be allowed to serve out their sentences at home.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cPacked in close quarters with other inmates and corrections staff, plaintiffs are often forced to share necessities with others,\u201d according to the lawsuit, filed in Orange County State Supreme Court. \u201cDespite the high-risk setting, they are deprived of basic forms of protection such as sufficient soap and hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, masks and gloves.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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