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Two recent stories in the New York City media delve into the controversy surrounding the lack of an emergency evacuation plan for Rikers Island. Solitary Watch’s original story on this subject went viral in the days leading up to Hurricane Irene. In our follow-up we cited the response from the New York City Department of Corrections, […]

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New York

Storm Over Rikers: Evacuating New York’s Island Jail

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

Suicide and Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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

Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

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

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Solitary Confinement: New York’s Hidden Problem

Unlock the Box: The Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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

NY Prison System Opens Unit for Mentally Ill

Prisoners to Remain on Rikers Island As Hurricane Sandy Heads for New York: UPDATED

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

“Sick and in Solitary” on Rikers Island

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

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

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

Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick

With Loved Ones in Prison, Women Lead the Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

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

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

New York Prisoner Gets Five Years in Solitary for Cell Phone Smuggled in by Guard

Criminalizing Mental Illness: The Story of Adam Hall

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

Severely Disabled Man Sues New York State Prisons for Neglect, Abuse

Visiting Billy Blake After 25 Years in Solitary