Corrections Department Commissioner Louis Molina told the New York City Council’s Committee on Criminal Justice Wednesday that he agreed solitary confinement is “inhumane,” but he opposes enacting a proposed ban on it into city law.
The statement came during a Sept. 28 hearing on legislation to ban solitary confinement in NYC jails, during which the panel also heard testimony from several City Council members, families of individuals who had died while in custody, representatives from the Board of Corrections (BOC) and Molina.
