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LAS Secures the Release of 51 Clients Held on Technical Parole Violations

The ruling comes just days after the deaths of Michael Tyson and Raymond Rivera, two New Yorkers who contracted COVID-19 while in the custody of the DOCCS, according to the CNN.

Watch: LAS Attorney Mathew Finston Featured in NYT Video on COVID-19 and City Jails

Finston, a staff attorney in The Legal Aid Society's Parole Revocation Defense Unit speaks to the dire situation faced by incarcerated New Yorkers.

LAS Demands Release of Incarcerated New Yorkers as COVID-19 Exposure Rate Soars

A new report issued by the NYC Board of Correction reveals that 60% of the city's detainees have been exposed to COVID-19, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS Secures Release of 28 Clients Denied Transfer to Drug Treatment Program

Although their parole cases had already been adjudicated, these individuals were stuck on Rikers Island because all transfers to state custody have been suspended due to the COVID-19 epidemic, reports The Appeal.

LAS Expresses Outrage Over Death of Client Held on Techncial Violation at Rikers

Michael Tyson contracted COVID-19 while incarcerated at Rikers Island. His name was among the 100 detainees held for parole violations that The Legal Aid Society had sued to have released, reports THE CITY.

LAS Files Fourth Lawsuit to Free 100 Clients From Parole Violation Holds at Rikers Island

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, reports HuffPost

LAS Secures Release of 106 Incarcerated New Yorkers at High Risk of COVID-19

Through litigation brought this week, The Legal Aid Society won the immediate release of individuals currently held at Rikers Island on a non-criminal technical parole violations, according to Mother Jones.

LAS Files Third Lawsuit to Free Incarcerated New Yorkers From Custody at Rikers Island

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, and jail conditions make it impossible to protect them, according to the New York Post.

LAS Files Second Lawsuit for Release of Prisoners at Riker’s Island Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Defender organizations have called for the widespread release of inmates vulnerable to the virus, according to the New York Law Journal.

LAS Files Lawsuit to Free 116 Clients in Pretrial Detention, Incarcerated on a Parole Violation Hold

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.