Former Rikers Island inmate William Mersey continues to share his expertise on the NYC jail.
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The lowdown on lockdown
Final week the NY Instances’ entrance web page was about Rikers. This week the New York Journal entrance cowl was about Rikers. Currently, information on TV has been about Rikers.
Following yesterday’s column, right here’s Half 2 from current Rikers Island graduate William Mersey. Since he’s seeking to do a e book, he’s now avoiding elements the place the jail’s formally referred to as a hellhole: “2019 my crime was underreporting earnings from promoting grownup advertisements to escorts for the Village Voice, New York Press, New York Journal, and many others. After MCC [Metropolitan Correctional Center] jail, I used to be transferred to Rikers.
“Inmates I watched over [at both jails] included a prisoner who’d chopped his lawyer’s head off. Jeffrey Epstein turned up July 2019. I had his 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. watch. In contrast to Paul Manafort who’d been my celly, was in for 11 months and will deal with it, Jeffrey was scared to dying. I requested him if Clinton favored his women younger. His emphatic response: ‘No. Invoice favored his ladies mature.’
“Little studying materials was obtainable, so Rikers 200 inmates waited in line on the identical time to go outdoors for rec. As for meals? Not sufficient. We needed to eat on the pace of sunshine. Dispense your tray shortly or hear about it. At MCC prisoners may take slightly extra meals again to the unit.
“My Rikers kitchen job’s 5 hours mopping flooring and sweeping included heaving baggage and baggage of rubbish into loading dock dumpsters. In the future an officer requested, ‘On the lookout for sentenced assist?’ This meant sentenced inmates relocating to different services for work responsibility when these services want employees. He meant MDC, colloquially often called the Tombs, one other metropolis jail subsequent to [the courthouse at] 100 Centre St.
“Handcuffed and ankle-chained I used to be escorted there in again of a Corrections bus. Subsequent morning I’m cleansing courthouse cells, asking evil-looking [women] to maneuver their toes so I may sweep their holding areas. Not fairly. You don’t flirt with them. They don't seem to be receptive.
“My remaining Rikers time required showing earlier than a choose. This meant sitting in six extra holding cells a complete day handcuffed, ankle-chained, put in a plastic enclosure. Lastly, 8 p.m., I used to be escorted to the bus station, bought a MetroCard and launched. The top of my nearly 12 months of NYC imprisonment.
“Now, months later, I nonetheless don’t have my commissary cash and I’ve made 100 calls looking for it!”
Celebs’ nice escapes
In the meantime on the other aspect of the snitch and well-known had been Justin and Hailey Bieber sunning and splashing. Within the Maldives. At Soneva Jani. I imply, doesn’t everybody? Have respect. It’s one in every of Earth’s solely lodge teams with over 1 million Instagram followers.
Plus there’s civilization, in accordance with Salma Hayek’s husband François-Henri Pinault, CEO of worldwide luxurious group Kering, which owns Gucci, St. Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Brioni and now sniffing out 57th and fifth’s fourth nook — Bergdorfs. He’s seen Disneyland, likes working in Central Park, practices magic methods on worldwide flights, so his favourite place? He says, “I particularly just like the Aeolian islands.” Hear, don’t all of us say the identical? He didn't point out Rikers.
Extensive, open areas
One other favourite place to go to belonged to William Shatner. Years earlier than Captain Kirk’s current publicized journey, he was itchy to schlep into the wild blue yonder — for actual. Additionally anxious to soar past her scrapbook was “Aliens” actress Sigourney Weaver. In 2004, she requested British tycoon Richard Branson to e book her on his Virgin Galactic spacecraft. Additionally, Moby. In 2010, sources stated he’d already paid his fare to formally change into the primary musician in house.
So if ever we and the Rikers grad can safely fortunately begin touring once more, we have now now recommended new getaways. And developing is George Washington’s birthday — first in conflict, first in peace and first to have the nation juggle his second of nativity simply to make a protracted weekend.
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