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In early January the Wall Street Journal reported that the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) had ceased using solitary confinement as a form of punishment for people with mental illness. The last of the Mental Health Assessment Unit for Infracted Inmates (MHAUII) units was shuttered on December 31, replaced by a two-tiered system said to […]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [9/15/13]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

“Sick and in Solitary” on Rikers Island

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

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

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement Rises Sharply on Rikers Island — and Activists Respond

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

City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

Storm Over Rikers: Evacuating New York’s Island Jail

City Responds on Emergency Plans for Rikers Island

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

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