Rikers Island Doctor Slams DAs, Says Sick Inmates Will Need Hospitals, Ventilators | NBC NY

The top doctor at Rikers Island has come out swinging at city district attorneys, saying they've failed to appreciate the "public health disaster" unfolding before their eyes.

Rikers Island chief physician Ross MacDonald took to Twitter Monday night to strike back at New York's five district attorneys and special narcotics prosecutor, who sent a letter to the City expressing concerns about releasing certain inmates to decrease the spread of COVID-19 in jails.

"I can’t presume to tell you how to do your job, but neither should you presume to be experts in correctional health or corrections. I am raising this alarm for a reason. I simply ask that in this time of crisis the focus remain on releasing as many vulnerable people as possible," he said.

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