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.
AOC She's a good person.
AOC 💯 I am sick of white collar criminals being treated differently than other prisoners; because selling out the country, ripping off millions of people, or committing crimes certain lawmakers can identify with ...is considered less of a crime than selling pot on a street corner.
AOC General population! He’s a tough guy! I’m sure he will be fine!
AOC He might get hurt if he is in the general population. Not everyone likes traitors.
AOC WTF? It’s not already easy enough to evade justice? Manafort, the butcher of Ukraine, minion of organized crime, and facilitator of the Trump-Pence WH. I’m concerned AOC will prove to lack the moral fiber required to face the ruthless battles the Trump GOP is planning. 😟
AOC Transfer El Chapo to Rikers. He was denied in court for a change in venue. He’ll fit right in with the Rikers residents
AOC I don't understand the solitary confinement. Why
AOC
AOC After he see's the way those hardcore Brother's stare him down at Rikers, Manafort will request solitary more than likely...
AOC AOC going too far left and so to say inhuman.
AOC This KID really does think she’s the BOSS🤣😂🤣😂
AOC he SHOULD be in the general population
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