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.

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

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.

Nicholas Feliciano attempted suicide while in New York City Department of Correction custody at Rikers Island and remains in critical condition at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, according to ABC News.

The binary nature of the public debate — old jails vs. new jails — leaves us with a false choice.