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New York City moves to end solitary confinement in its jails Reuters 3/9/2021
By Peter Szekely
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will move to stop punishing its inmates by placing them in solitary confinement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday, calling the practice a mistaken approach that only serves to set back rehabilitation of prisoners.
Corrections officials are proposing a trailblazing plan to replace solitary confinement and other restrictive forms of housing with more humane alternatives, as well as education and training, de Blasio said. We re going to go farther than any jail system in America by creating positive alternatives, the mayor said at a news briefing. Working with our Board of Corrections, we found a plan that will work and that will provide a safe environment for those who are incarcerated and officers alike.