solitary confinement

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the class action case said they will seek information about who is being held in confinement and for how long.

The Council overrode Adams’ vetoes of the legislation on Tuesday despite weeks of vigorous attacks from the mayor and his administration.

The mayor said the bill would undermine safety in the city’s jails if it were enacted, even as he denied that solitary confinement was still used in the facilities.

The April fire sent nine correction staff and four detainees to the hospital with injuries.

Some of the detainees were unfairly held in what would be considered solitary confinement, the attorneys allege.

The City Council’s committee on criminal justice held a six-hour hearing on the issue — but no vote.

The practice is widely considered a form of torture.

He had been held in a caged shower cell for days, in violation of city rules, the suit says.

If passed, complete isolation could only be used for a few hours if people posed an immediate danger

Imprisoned for murder and then released from a life sentence after forming a master plan of self-improvement, Chris Wilson dreamed of a New York City exhibition, and then made it happen