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| New Law Requires Data Reporting on Solitary Confinement Conditions in NYC Jails |
| By theepochtimes.com- Annie Wu |
| Published: 08/29/2014 |
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Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law on Thursday a bill that will provide transparency on who gets placed into solitary confinement in the city’s jails. Inmates sentenced to solitary confinement typically spend 23 hours a day in isolation. The bill’s passage comes ahead of a recently released investigative report by the U.S. Department of Justice, which revealed that adolescent detainees at the Rikers Island jail facility were consistently placed in solitary confinement for months at a time for breaking jail rules, most of which were non-violent violations. Read More. |
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