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AOC gets punked by NYT #fakenews
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Date: June 05, 2019 02:45PM
June 5, 2019, 11:33 AM EDT / Updated June 5, 2019, 11:54 AM EDT
By Allan Smith
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sent a tweet Wednesday that opposed putting Paul Manafort in "solitary confinement" if he is moved to a jail in New York City. That possibility, however, appears to be incorrect. Officials told NBC News that Manafort would not be placed in a solitary unit, which is considered a punishment, but if transferred to New York would be given his own cell for his safety.
The New York Times article that Ocasio-Cortez cited, which raised the possibility Manafort could be sent to Rikers Island, contained no mention of solitary confinement, only isolation, and noted that high-profile inmates are sometimes placed into "protective custody" for their own safety from the general prison population. Ocasio-Cortez said she opposed solitary confinement for all prisoners, which she likened to torture.
Ocasio-Cortez may have raised the solitary issue because of the Times' initial headline, which read: "Paul Manafort to be sent to Rikers, where he faces solitary confinement." That headline was later changed. The latest version of the headline reads, "Paul Manafort to Be Sent to Rikers, Where He Will Be Held in Isolation."
Ocasio-Cortez followed up with a tweet later Monday in which she said, "NYT used the term solitary confinement, & that’s what I am commenting on."
By Allan Smith
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sent a tweet Wednesday that opposed putting Paul Manafort in "solitary confinement" if he is moved to a jail in New York City. That possibility, however, appears to be incorrect. Officials told NBC News that Manafort would not be placed in a solitary unit, which is considered a punishment, but if transferred to New York would be given his own cell for his safety.
The New York Times article that Ocasio-Cortez cited, which raised the possibility Manafort could be sent to Rikers Island, contained no mention of solitary confinement, only isolation, and noted that high-profile inmates are sometimes placed into "protective custody" for their own safety from the general prison population. Ocasio-Cortez said she opposed solitary confinement for all prisoners, which she likened to torture.
Ocasio-Cortez may have raised the solitary issue because of the Times' initial headline, which read: "Paul Manafort to be sent to Rikers, where he faces solitary confinement." That headline was later changed. The latest version of the headline reads, "Paul Manafort to Be Sent to Rikers, Where He Will Be Held in Isolation."
Ocasio-Cortez followed up with a tweet later Monday in which she said, "NYT used the term solitary confinement, & that’s what I am commenting on."