NYC Jails Action Coalition
Upcoming Board of Correction Hearing on Restrictive Housing Rulemaking
There will be two opportunities to testify by either phone or virtual:
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 starting at 9AM
or
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 starting at 6PM
Click here for more information on the proposed rule and how you can get involved
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 starting at 9AM
or
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 starting at 6PM
Click here for more information on the proposed rule and how you can get involved
Solitary, and by any other name, is torture. Let's end this stain on our City.
Breaking: Pictures of Proposed Solitary Confinement Units in NYC
April 14, 2021:
Obtained through a FOIL request, these are photographs of the NIC structurally restrictive housing units that the Board of Correction's proposed rules are based on. Under the Board's proposed rules, these cages are where people will be locked alone for so-called "out-of-cell" time. Clearly, being alone in this cage will not afford people any meaningful out-of-cell time, meaningful programming, or meaningful human engagement. Under the proposed rules, people will thus be held alone in a cage 24 hours a day, and can be held in these units indefinitely.
This is solitary confinement by another name.
Obtained through a FOIL request, these are photographs of the NIC structurally restrictive housing units that the Board of Correction's proposed rules are based on. Under the Board's proposed rules, these cages are where people will be locked alone for so-called "out-of-cell" time. Clearly, being alone in this cage will not afford people any meaningful out-of-cell time, meaningful programming, or meaningful human engagement. Under the proposed rules, people will thus be held alone in a cage 24 hours a day, and can be held in these units indefinitely.
This is solitary confinement by another name.
