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On December 17, a federal jury found a former corrections officer on New York’s Rikers Island guilty of deliberately ignoring the medical needs of a man who died in 2012 while being held in solitary confinement. Terrence Pendergrass was a captain and the supervising corrections officer on duty when Jason Echevarria, a pre-trial detainee with […]

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Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/2014]

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/14]

City’s New Corrections Chief, Known for Solitary Confinement Reforms, Faces Steep Challenges on Rikers

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/14]

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