PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sharon Brown from on DOC and Rikers Island
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3 min
Sharon Brown provided testimony regarding the closure of Rikers Island and reforms to the Department of Correction (DOC). She advocated for the immediate closure of Rikers Island, citing safety concerns and loss of life. Brown also made controversial statements about religious chaplains in correctional facilities, which led to her testimony being cut short by the committee chair.
- Called for immediate closure of Rikers Island instead of waiting until 2027
- Suggested a complete overhaul of DOC due to lack of trust in their reports and data
- Made controversial statements about religious chaplains, particularly criticizing Muslim chaplains
- Testimony was interrupted and ended early by the committee chair due to off-topic and disrespectful comments
Sharon Brown
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Hello.
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My name is Sharon Brown from Rose of Sharon Enterprises.
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Release the hostages, let Yahweh's people go defend Israel.
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Okay.
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Rikers Island.
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I worked hard to get Rikers Island closed.
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It has a closing date of 2027.
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The city council must find a way to get it closed immediately.
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There should not be any delays.
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Lives are being lost.
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In the interim, there should be immediate steps to make DOC Ricus Island safe.
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We have to do a complete overhaul of DOC.
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If the city council doesn't trust their reports or information and data, do this tells you we need a complete overhaul.
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The situation needs to be declared an emergency in DOC for immediate closure.
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Every jail in Ryquist Island with deaths ramping and sexual abuse can't remain open.
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DOC must stop allowing trauma to force mental health faulty diagnosis on people.
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Mental illness is a legal theory and defense, not a medical diagnosis.
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I would suggest you look up King David in the bible to find out where the mental health came from as far as using it as a legal defense and what was happening.
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He was released immediately So if you're going to declare someone mentally ill, you should release them immediately.
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I work in suicide prevention.
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People have been debilitated to appear mentally ill.
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Chaplains can't be Muslim.
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First of all, Muslims have been suicide bombers.
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Judaism and Christianity stabilizes people.
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Head chaplains can't be Muslim.
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Islam's founder was a pedophile marrying a nine year old.
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It can't be at Rykers Island.
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So first of all, in Rose and Singer, they have a chaplain that is Islamic, and she was in charge of all of the other chaplains.
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So her religious ideology, they believe that a nine year old can marry an adult.
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That's why it was rampant in there that there was sexual abuse.
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So when you have Islamic
Sandy Nurse
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Excuse me.
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Excuse me.
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Excuse me.
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When you have Islamic people Excuse me.
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Hold on a second.
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Hold on a second.
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I need you to please sit down.
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I am the chair of this committee.
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I'm I'm about to.
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So I need you to let me do my job.
Melissa Vergara
3:45:06
Yes.
Sandy Nurse
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Thank you.
3:45:07
Yes.
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We need to be respectful here.
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I'm asked for you to stay on topic.
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I'll give you the the last fifteen sec no.
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You need to be on topic.
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We're not gonna do disrespectful language here.
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Okay?
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We're not disrespecting anyone's religion.
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If you have a a comment to make on this, I will give you 15 seconds to and and then we're gonna end the testimony for you.
Althea Stevens
3:45:27
Okay.
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50 seconds.
Sharon Brown
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So therefore, I am again going to state Judaism and Christianity stabilizes.
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I am writing a book on biblical mental health and I am excluding Muslims from being able to chat
Sandy Nurse
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is not on topic.
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I'm gonna end your portion of testifying.
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The next person can go.
Shaun Abreu
3:45:47
Me.
