In 2018, there were 40,000 solitary confinement sanctions in New York state, including about 30,000 in special housing units (SHU) and another 10,000 keep-lock sanctions where people are confined to their cells for up to 23 hours per day, according to a report by the New York Civil Liberties Union. (Unsplash/Marco Chilese)
He used to imagine he was in a park, sitting by the water, basking in the sunlight.
In reality, Victor Pate was in solitary confinement alone in a 6-by-9-foot prison cell with no windows, the fluorescent lights flickering harshly around the clock.
All around him, he could hear other men screaming, crying, wailing calling for help. It wasn t long before he started seeing things, hearing voices that weren t there.
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Feb 2, 2021
In this this Jan. 29. 2021 still frame from a Rochester Police Department body-camera video, a nine-year-old girl is handcuffed in police custody in a police cruiser after police used pepper spray on her as she screamed for her father. Rochester, New York police released two body-camera videos of officers restraining the girl. According a local news outlet, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren expressed her concern for the child. (Rochester Police Department via AP)
The city of Rochester has suspended police officers seen in body-camera videos spraying a chemical “irritant” in the face of a distraught and handcuffed 9-year-old girl, officials announced Monday.
Cops suspended after spraying girl with ‘irritant’
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The city of Rochester has suspended police officers seen in body-camera videos spraying a chemical “irritant” in the face of a distraught and handcuffed nine-year-old girl, officials said on Monday.
The city did not specify how many officers were suspended. The suspensions are to last at least until an internal police investigation is completed.
The action was announced as community outrage swelled following the release of the footage on Sunday showing officers restraining and scolding the girl, who was screaming for her father.
People protest in Rochester, New York, on Monday after police officers handcuffed and sprayed a chemical irritant at a nine-year-old girl.