Hell Is Trying to Visit My Jailed Client [TheMarshallProject.org]

Samantha Sangenito 7/31/174:00 AM

After all, she’s locked up. She can’t miss a subway on her way to seeing me, and definitely won’t have a childcare emergency or conflicting appointment.

I know where she is: “Rosie’s,” the women’s jail on New York City’s Rikers Island. And I know where I can go to meet her: not Rosie’s.

Visiting anyone “on island,” as we call it, requires leaving your office for an entire day. That could mean neglecting the rest of your caseload. So most attorneys I know ask to have their Rikers clients brought to Criminal Court at 100 Centre Street in Lower Manhattan.

[For more of this story, written by Rebecca Boucher, go to https://www.themarshallproject...ed-client#.0SXkrocFZ]

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