By Jacob Kaye, published June 21, 2024
Advocates, lawmakers and public defenders on Monday urged the city’s jail watchdog to ensure that the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement be fully implemented before the end of next month, despite ongoing efforts from the city and Department of Correction to delay the law’s enactment.
On Monday afternoon, the Board of Correction, which provides oversight for the Department of Correction and the the city’s jails on Rikers Island, heard testimony on its proposed rules for the implementation of Local Law 42, which was passed by the City Council at the very end of last year’s legislative session and aims to effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.
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