# The Night Of  (new HBO show)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-of-new-hbo-show/759622>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 11, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-of-new-hbo-show/759622 "2016-07-11T02:02:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-of-new-hbo-show/759622/201 "2017-04-22T03:23:52Z")

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> [@Patrick8888](#):
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> Is that right? so the much-mentioned 'Riker’s Island" in NYPD Blue, is only a remand centre, not a penitentiary ? Or it is both, in separate sections?

It’s number of jails, not prisons. The people there are detainees (those who have not yet been convicted), those sentenced to a year or less ( you don’t go to state prison unless your sentence is a year or more) those who are convicted, sentenced and awaiting transfer to a state prison and a very few who might be sent from state prison back to Riker’s if they are going to testify in another matter in NYC.

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-of-new-hbo-show/759622/202 "2017-04-22T10:44:56Z")

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> [@Patrick8888](#):
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> Is lawyer merely collecting payment for legal services?
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> I thought he mostly acted as a Public Defender ?

He’s not a public defender; he’s a private defence attorney.

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