4.10.20 - Officials: Bail reform helping stem virus spread in LI jails
'New York’s controversial bail reform — and the resulting decline in the state's jail population — has helped slow the spread of the coronavirus among those behind bars locally, officials said, even as new cases have exploded elsewhere on Long Island.'
'New admissions are also segregated at the Nassau Correctional Facility, where bail reform gave officials the room to put 19 inmates with coronavirus away from the general population, according to Sheriff James Dzurenda.'
'“We had to open up a housing unit for people in isolation,” Dzurenda said. “We had to build an infirmary and, because of bail reform, we had the space.”'