An official's revelation that a man was isolated in a cell at Rikers for more than 30 hours before his death earlier this month exposes a stark reality: Although officials claim there is no solitary confinement, the practice still exists by other names.
At a rally in front of City Hall earlier this month, protesters held signs with the names of incarcerated people who recently died at Rikers Island and called for a new city law to ban solitary confinement.At a rally in front of City Hall earlier this month, protesters held signs with the names of incarcerated people who recently died at Rikers Island and called for a new city law to ban solitary confinement.
Simpson spoke at a recent meeting of the city’s jails oversight agency, the Board of Correction, which enacted the more humane rules on solitary confinement that jail officials say they can’t implement.
At a rally in front of City Hall earlier this month, protesters held signs with the names of incarcerated people who recently died at Rikers Island and called for a new city law to ban solitary confinement.At a rally in front of City Hall earlier this month, protesters held signs with the names of incarcerated people who recently died at Rikers Island and called for a new city law to ban solitary confinement.
“The de-escalation units are not just places to dump people when you don’t know what to do with them,” Cohen said at a recent meeting of the board.