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From: Bruce Barket
To: [REDACTED], [REDACTED]
Cc: Aida Leisenring
Subject: RE: Quarantine
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:52:21 +0000

I just learned that he was being ordered onto another tier, where he does not believe he is safe. Worse, he was told that if does not enter the tier where he believes he is in danger he will be sent to SHU. This is deeply troubling. MCC has kept Mr. Tartaglione in quarantine for more than twice as long as he was supposed to be there and is now giving him the Hobson's choice of SHU or risking his safety. And, his most of his property is still in the old cell where you assured us he would be returned.

I am again asking that he be placed on a safe tier, in a safe cell with a cellmate who does not pose a threat to him, preferably the cell where he has been detained for well over a year.

Bruce A. Barket, Esq.
Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP
666 Old Country Road , Ste. 700
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 745 1500 [P] (516) 745 1245 [F]
www.barketepstein.com

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From: [REDACTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 1:35 PM
To: Bruce Barket ; [REDACTED]; [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
Cc: Aida Leisenring
Subject: Re: Quarantine

Good afternoon-

It is my understanding that he is not in quarantine.

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>>> Bruce Barket 9/1/2020 7:25 AM >>>
Good morning,

I understand that Mr. Tartaglione is still in quarantine although he was cleared to return to general population. As I wrote over the weekend, apparently the MCC refused to place Mr. Tartaglione back in his cell where he has been safe or in a unit of people over few years old. He is a retired police officer. As such he has been and is targeted for violence by other inmates. Prior to being housed with his current cellmate, Mr. Tartaglione was assaulted resulting in surgery and an extended stay in a hospital. For coming up on two years he has lived in a cell with a cellmate and has been relatively safe. He was removed—supposedly for 14 days—over a month ago from that cell and is now being forced to either stay in quarantine or be placed in a cell with a new cellmate where he may not be safe. We understood from you that he would be returned to the cell where he has lived in relative safety after quarantine.

Can you please take the steps necessary to make sure Mr. Tartaglione is released from quarantine and placed in a cell that is safe? Thank you.

Bruce A. Barket, Esq.
Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP
666 Old Country Road , Ste. 700
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 745 1500 [P] (516) 745 1245 [F]
www.barketepstein.com

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