Sheldon Silver at upstate prison some inmates call coronavirus death camp

https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/sheldon-silver-is-at-upstate-prison-with-covid-19-worries/

 “These are people who are elderly with serious underlying conditions and it’s just mind-boggling that the prison is not adhering to the US attorney general’s directives,” said Neal Sher, a Manhattan lawyer who has been lobbying for the “compassionate release” of three elderly inmates. “The real threat is that this is a death sentence.”

One prisoner who Sher wants released is Mendel Epstein, a 75-year-old New Jersey Orthodox rabbi who is obese and has high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and impaired kidney function.

“His heart health remains in precarious condition, necessitating multiple medications daily and rendering him incredibly susceptible to illness,” wrote Sher in a May letter to the Bureau of Prisons seen by The Post.

In 2015, Epstein was convicted along with two other Orthodox rabbis of the kidnapping and torture of Jewish men to force them to grant religious divorces or “gets.” His release date is in 2024, according to public records.