New York City jails Archives

New York City jails

New from Solitary Watch: • In an essay for our Voices from Solitary series, Tashon Burke, a 30-year-old Black man with psychiatric disabilities, writes about the more than eight years he has spent in solitary confinement during his incarceration in Pennsylvania. In this anguished essay, Burke describes the mental and emotional trauma caused by his years […]

Seven Days in Solitary

New York City jails

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2022]

Local Jails Were Death Traps Even Before COVID-19. The Pandemic Demands Sweeping—and Permanent—Change.

Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York Gains Momentum

Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

Demonstrators Protest Solitary Confinement and Brutality in New York City’s Jails

Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)