City sued for continued use of solitary confinement on Rikers

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City sued for continued use of solitary confinement on Rikers

The New York City Department of Correction has regularly violated state law by illegally confining people in jail cells for over 24 hours at a time without access to proper medical care, a new lawsuit claims.

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Jails oversight board blasts DOC for quietly opening new restrictive unit

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Jails oversight board blasts DOC for quietly opening new restrictive unit

The city’s jail watchdog board bashed Department of Correction leadership Tuesday after the agency failed to tell them about a new punitive housing unit opened in alleged chaotic fashion last week.

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