Union boss wants floating jail turned into Rikers coronavirus hospital
(New York Post Local News)

A currently virus-vulnerable, prisoner-packed city jail barge should be turned into a floating hospital for ill Rikers inmates, the corrections union boss told The Post. As COVID-19 hits New York City, more than 600 prisoners are incarcerated in close quarters on the Vernon C. Bain floating jail. Few New Yorkers know about the boat tied...