| Woman
in SDNY on
Texas Warrant
Is Detained
This Time For
Transport
South Report
in 2 Wks
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Song
SDNY
EXCLUSIVE,
April 9 – Kelly Josek was
brought in shackles into the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on December 15, 2023.
Inner City
Press was there, the only
media in the SDNY Mag Court.
In the days since, Inner City
Press has interviewed Ms.
Josek, about her early life
and legal troubles. It is a
story of resilience, or
persistence, one that does not
make the system look good.
She was
born to a middle class family
that fell apart, leaving her
homeless at 15 and vulnerable
to male predators, including
one high in the legal
profession (more on that later
in this series).
In jail in
Rikers Island under the name
Kelly Spinelli-Josek she was
assaulted, leading to a
$450,000 payment. But when
this month, in detention in
Queens after release from SDNY
she asked not to be returned
to Rikers, her appointed
lawyer said they don't care
about that in Queens.
When she
was released from Queens, she
was picked up on an NYPD
Brooklyn I-Card, only getting
out of detention on December
22 - when she was due to
self-surrender in New Jersey
(and misleadingly there are
arraignments there on Saturday
- there are not).
In the
Texas case which triggered her
first SDNY detention, her
appointed lawyer said he
couldn't or wouldn't help her.
Only once she was transported
there from SDNY - most likely
slowly, and through the BOP
facility in Oklahoma) would he
speak to her. She admits she
is a junkie. But this system
is broken. Why for example was
her drug treatment program cut
off as soon as EDTX issued a
warrant for her?
On January 30,
SDNY Magistrate Judge Ona T.
Wang asked just that when
Josek was a no-show. She set a
Friday deadline, while seeking
solutions. Thread:
For 10:30 am
proceeding on woman who told
Inner City Press the US
criminal justice system is
broken is a no-show.
Federal Defender:
You could stay any arrest
warrant until Feb 6 appearance
Judge: I have an
interest in some of the
science underlying this... I
hope Ms Josek reads today's
transcript.
On April 9, 2024,
Inner City Press was again in
the Magistrates Court when
Josek was brought in. Her
lawyer said she had reported
domestic abuse then the police
figured out she had the
warrant from Texas. Judge
Sarah Netburn ordered Josek
detained for transfer to
Texas, but asked for a status
report on the transfer in two
weeks, acknowledging it can be
slow. Some call it diesel
therapy, and wonder why all
roads lead through the BOP's
Oklahoma City facility.
More - on a
law firm, a film director, and
NYPD - on Substack here
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