Five women testified in front of city council during its Rikers Island hearing last week on the harrowing conditions that those jailed at Rose M. Singer Center face. They mentioned violent prison guards, cramped quarters [...]
They mentioned violent prison guards, cramped quarters, widespread COVID-19 infections and the lack of heating during the harsh New York City winters. But when “Rosie’s” closes in 2027 with the rest of Rikers, where will those formerly housed by the women’s facility go?
“I think the city’s plan to move women from ‘Rosie’s’ to Kew Gardens with men is a bad idea,” said Ortiz. “I feel really uncomfortable with men, and I know it would retraumatize women. It’s setting up a bad situation.” Additionally, a large swath of women in “Rosie’s” are from Harlem and the Bronx. A women’s center at Central Park North next to a B and C train station would be significantly more accessible to their families than a facility at Kew Gardens. And traveling to the Queens’ neighborhood could be a poverty-tax, as the hour-plus commute would likely require multiple transfers and a round-trip ticket for the Long Island Railroad.
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