Though the Mayor claimed to end solitary confinement in New York City jails, criminal justice advocates say the City’s plan continues these practices by another name, and are imploring members of New York City Council to pass legislation to put an immediate end to the practice.
Hundreds of members of civil rights and racial justice groups have signed a letter to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson requesting that the city’s legislature take up new action targeting solitary confinement offenses. This comes nearly two months after the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act was passed to put such practices to an end.
