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“We are not evacuating Rikers Island,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a news conference this afternoon. Bloomberg annouced a host of extreme measures being taken by New York City in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, including a shutdown of the public transit system and the unprecedented mandatory evacuation of some 250,000 people from low-lying areas. […]

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Locked Up and Left Behind: Hurricane Irene and the Prisoners on New York’s Rikers Island

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York Gains Momentum

Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

New York Prisons Bar Media from Solitary Confinement Units

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

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

Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

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

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

Lessons from Solitary

New Audio: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

The Guantánamos Next Door

NYCLU to Host Meeting on Solitary Confinement in New York State

Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island: An Interview with the Prisoners Rights Project

New York State Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement Reforms, Spike in Prison Suicide Rate

City Responds on Emergency Plans for Rikers Island

Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

DSK’s “Tiny” Cell Was Spacious by U.S. Solitary Confinement Standards

Our Homegrown American Gitmos

Russian “Spy” Anna Chapman Chose Deportation Over Solitary Confinement

Punishment for Possessing One Joint = Jail, Solitary Confinement, and Deportation

The Lost Boys of Westchester County’s SHU