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Adolescent Prisoners at Rikers Island No Longer Placed in Solitary
Loaded on July 7, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2015, page 21
Adolescent Prisoners at Rikers Island No Longer Placed in Solitary
On January 13, 2015, the New York City Board of Correction (BOC) voted unanimously to end solitary confinement for prisoners 21 years old and under in the city’s jail system.
Buckling under pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), ...
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