These individuals, by virtue of their age and/or underlying medical condition, are particularly vulnerable to serious illness or death if infected by COVID-19, according to the New York Daily News.

An entire unit of incarcerated immigrants have organized a hunger strike at the Essex County Correctional Facility in protest of lack of basic sanitation measures, according to NJ.com.

In a video published by The Intercept, the officers appear to plant marijuana in a car to justify an otherwise entirely unlawful stop-and-search.

Earlier this week, the New York State Office of Court Administration suspended all eviction proceedings statewide but this moratorium did not include cases that were recently disposed of and transmitted to a marshal to execute, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

The Legal Aid Society called on the New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision today to immediately suspend all parole hearings pending the installation of video conferencing technology - DOCCS currently only has one open video room, according to THE CITY.

Clients in several facilities in the borough jails and on Rikers Island reported that they do not have access to soap (or hand sanitizer, which is treated as contraband) in their housing units, according to The Appeal.

As the COVID-19 continues to spread across New York, The Legal Aid Society called for a moratorium on arrests and reaffirmed the need for the immediate release of all New Yorkers held on parole violations or in pretrial detention, reports City Limits.

This request comes after an analysis of data that revealed docketed cases have plummeted by almost 20 percent throughout the city in the first two months of 2020, according to POLITICO.

The policy will most likely still disproportionately impact New Yorkers of color, reports AM New York. 

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