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Today we have a collection of interviews about business development and an exciting music segment. First, Jay Moran chats with Shantelle Patton, founder of That Brown Bag Minority Business Directory on some of her banking and financial education programs. Jalonda Hill from “Colored Girls Bike Too” and Jerome Wright with the HaltSolitary movement are with Dave Debo to talk about their planning summit that brings community input into the future of the Jefferson Avenue neighborhood. Jay returns to chat with Afro Rhythm Of The Future, a group that works for a more democratic, anti-racist futur...

Data released in New York exposes rampant violations of a state law limiting how long people may be held in isolation.

New York state prisons are violating a law that took effect in April by keeping incarcerated individuals in solitary confinement for more than 15 days, according to data cited by

The practice is widely considered a form of torture.

There are 486 incarcerated men and four women held in segregated confinement housing.