ML20058D733
| ML20058D733 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/23/1982 |
| From: | Ward B NEW YORK, NY |
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| ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8207270331 | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA t
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges Louis J.
Carter, Chair Frederick J. Shon Dr. Oscar H. Paris i
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x In the Matter of:
Docket Nos.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK 50-247 SP Inc.
(Indian Point, Unit No. 2),
50-286 SP POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK July 23, 1982 (Indian Point, Unit No. 3)
x Testimony Submitted on Behalf of "New York City Council" Intervenors By BENJAMIN WARD, COMMISSIONER NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION This Document Has Been Filed By:
NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE 175 Fifth Avenue Suite 712 New York, New York 10010 (212) 673-2040 CRAIG KAPLAN, SPECIAL COUNSEL 8207270331 820723 PDR ADOCK 05000247 T
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n BENJAMIN WARD July 22, 1982 CoMMIS$10N R CONFIDENTIAL Hon. Ruth Messinger Council Member, 4th District, Manhattan City Hall New York, New York 10007
Dear Ms. Messinger,
The following information is provided in response to your letter of July 14th requesting a statement outlining the current status (if any) of evacuation plans for New York City's Detention and Correction facilities.
The Department of Correction currently operates ninc institutions and seven medical facilities (including hospital prison wards), which house today 2277 sentenced inmates and 6861 detainees awaiting trial.
Next month a 48-bed work camp will open at Hart Island, Bronx, New York; and in Spring, 1983 we will reopen the Manhattan House of Detention for Men at 125 White Street, Manhattan, adding a tenth institution and 426 additional beds.
The location and current capacity of each of these facilities is as follows:
Institutions Anna M.
Kross Center 1790 inmates Rikers Island East Elmhurst, New York Adolescent Reception &
1435 inmates Detention Center Rikers Island East Elmhurst, New York Brooklyn House of 815 inmates Detention for Men 275 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, New York Bronx House of Detention 461 inmates for Men 653 River Avenue Bronx, New York
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Hon.. Ruth M:scinger July 22, 1982 Correctional Institution 2248 inmates for Men Rikers Island East Elmhurst, N.Y.
Correctional Institution 931 inmates for Women Rikers Island (N.B.-this figure includes East Elmhurst, N.Y.
Rikers Island Work Camp)
House of Detention for Men 1200 inmates Rikers Island East Elmhurst, N.Y.
i Queens House of Detention 502 inmates for Men 126-02 82nd Avenue Kew Gardens, New York Manhattan Community 60 inmates Residential Facility (Work Release) 151 West 118th Street New York, New York Medical Facilities Rikers Island Infirmary 184 inmates Rikers Island East Elmhurst, N.Y.
Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward 76 inmates 30th Street and First Avenue New York, New York (3 wards)
Elmhurst Hospital Prison Ward 27 inmates 79-01 Broadway East Elmhurst, N.Y. (1 ward)
Kings County Hospital Prison 62 inmates Ward 451 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn, New York (2 wards).
The Department of Correction currently has available 80 buses and vans used for inmate transportation, plus 16 buses now used to shuttle visitors and staff to Island institutions.
Thus a total of 96 vehicles, totalling 2209 seats would be available to effect a mass evacuation.
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(l Hon. Ruth Messinger July 22, 1982 There is currently no mass evacuation plan for the contingency you describe.
Each facility does have an emergency plan for coping with fires or other intra-facility emergencies; these, however, do not encompass removal of inmates from the five boroughs of New York.
Any mass evacuation of the kind you envision would be dependent upon decisions of the Mayor's Emergency Control Board, in consultation with this department and other city agencies with available resources.
No cost estimates have been prepared for I
this contingency since its.3pecific form is unknown at this time.
However, you may find it helpful to know that the cost per mile to operate our bus fleet averages S.30 and that we expend, on average, $11.00 per day per inmate to feed, clothe and provide basic subsistence items (toothbrushes, cups, etc.) to our inmate population.
Security staff within secure facilities costs the city S49.00 per day per inmate; a remote, less secure location would increase the cost of meeting this need.
Special problems associated with sheltering our population would include the need for a location which can be made secure for up to 9,500 persons ranging in age from 16 to late adulthood and including both males and females; the need to provide medical and psychiatric support for currently-hospitalized inmates; provision of special therapeutic and religious diets for those who require same; and the special requirements to maintain adequate sanitation in large multiple-occupancy areas which public health considerations require.
I hope that the foregoing will be helpful in your evaluation of this important issue.
If we can supply additional information or clarify, please let me know.
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Ibenjamin ard COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION BW:smk cc: John Keenan, Criminal Justice Coordinator Ibbert Tierney, Counsel to the Mayor
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