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NYC Department of Corrections

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

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by Aviva Stahl

January 16, 2014

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

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by Shae Cali

July 10, 2012

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