Dr. Patricia Yang, head of Correctional Health Services, at the opening of the Bellevue outposted unit, a secure jail ward within the hospital, on April 7, 2026. Joining her are (L-R) New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Councilman Yusef Salaam, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Department of Corrections Commissioner Stanley Richards. Nicholas Zifcak/The Epoch Times
NEW YORK CITY—On Wednesday, 100 inmates from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York moved into a new residential ward at Bellevue public hospital that opened the day prior to provide specialized medical care.
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