| MCC Inmate Says Few Wear
Masks Amid Covid Still SDNY Judge Keenan
Reserves Decision
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 22 – Robert Lee Miles,
detained amid Coronavirus in
the lower Manhattan
Metropolitan Correctional
Center, on April 22 argued to
be released, before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge John F. Keenan. Inner
City Press covered
it.
Miles' lawyer
said his client is with more
than 40 inmates on the 11th
floor of the MCC, that they
are given masks but that many
"don't wear
them."
Assistant US
Attorney Daniel C. Richenthal
opposed release.
Judge Keenan
said, Rikers Island & the
MCC are 2 totally different
facilities... If I grant
release, how long would
quarantine be? 14 more days on
the 11th floor in the same
conditions? I'm going to ask
Mr. Richenthal
that.
Miles' lawyer
said, 14 days or less if BOP
says so.
AUSA
Richenthal began with a
"couple of small points... Mr
Miles is only 56. He's on the
high risk list because of
asthma as well as age."
He relayed that
the MCC warden told the EDNY
yesterday, 7 inmates have been
tested and 5 positive. So most
on the 11th floor have not
been tested.
Judge Keenan asked for the
letter, which AUSA Richenthal
pointed out is on the EDNY
website.
Richenthal said, Exhaustion is
mandatory. Our concern is Mr.
Miles' troubled history,
criminal history and history
of supervision. If you release
him, it should be to a halfway
house.
Judge Keenan assured, A
homeless shelter is more
likely to infect him than any
other place. I'm not going to
rule that way.
AUSA
Richenthal intoned, In light
of developments on Wards
Island [Here
is Inner City Press story the
day before about Wards Island,
here.]
Judge Keenan asked, The 46
inmates on the 11th floor of
the MCC, do they really share
the same shower and call that
quarantine?
AUSA Richenthal answered, Yes.
It is not
isolation.
Judge Keenan said, I'm going
to reserve decision. The case
is US v. Miles, 11-cr-581
(Keenan).
***
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