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Proposal for state personnel office on Rikers Island
3:07:10
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70 sec
Council Member Cabán suggests setting up a state personnel office on Rikers Island to expedite the processing of state-sentenced individuals. Director Logan from MOCJ responds to this proposal.
- Cabán proposes using space currently offered to ICE for this purpose
- Logan acknowledges the state's recent termination of 2,000 personnel and their ongoing reorganization
- MOCJ agrees to discuss the proposal with state partners
Tiffany Cabán
3:07:10
Now there's definitely still a a significant backlog, and I understand that you're saying that you're sending names, but have you thought about the state sending down somebody or somebodies to set up an office on Rikers to cut that off?
3:07:25
I mean you can give them the space that is being offered to ICE.
Deanna Logan
3:07:29
Well I think not wanting to speak for our state partners, I do appreciate that there was a very public termination of 2,000 personnel and that they are reorganizing themselves and so they are coming to pick up individuals that are identified, that are ready to do that processing from correction custody to move them through.
Tiffany Cabán
3:07:54
But but in the in the scenario where there is a staffing crisis, you cut out the need for a lot of staff to transport, to take them to the by having the state set up shop within Rutgers.
3:08:08
Would you guys pitch that?
Deanna Logan
3:08:09
Would you be
Tiffany Cabán
3:08:10
good with doing I appreciate
Deanna Logan
3:08:11
it.
3:08:11
And it's one of the things that we have not discussed but I don't know why we couldn't discuss it with the state.
3:08:15
So will you discuss it?
3:08:18
I will definitely raise it with the state.
Tiffany Cabán
3:08:20
Great.