In July 2022, the city Department of Correction opened “de-escalation units” in almost every facility on Rikers Island to transfer detainees after fights or slashings.  The specialized individual cell housing areas were supposed to serve as a safer and healthier alternative to solitary confinement, where detainees could be thrown into 22 hours a day of […]

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