In October 2024, a Rikers Island social worker came forward with a bombshell accusation: officers were routinely isolating severely mentally ill men in their cells for weeks and even months, a process known as “deadlocking.”    Days later, the city’s main oversight agency, the Department of Investigation (DOI), announced an inquiry into the allegation.  More than […]

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