Some Rikers Detainees Are Illegally Isolated, Lawsuit Says

A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary confinement, in violation of state law.

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‘People Are Losing Hope’: Suicide Risk Is Rife in ICE Detention Centers

Immigrant detainees are not receiving proper mental health care, lawyers and advocacy groups say, and reports of suicide attempts are persistent.

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New York Prisons Accused of Defying Judge on Solitary Confinement

The illegal practices continued despite a judge’s order last year that corrections officials follow state law on the issue, a civil liberties group said in a court filing.

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2,000 Striking N.Y. Prison Officers Fired and Barred From Public Jobs

Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts after a three-week work stoppage.

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New Deal Reached to End Wildcat Strikes by N.Y. Prison Guards

The state and the correctional officers’ union agreed that officers should return to work Monday and that some limits on solitary confinement would be put on pause.

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Strikes in New York’s Prisons Were Declared Over, but Disarray Remains

Seven prisoners died as thousands of corrections officers at dozens of facilities protested working conditions in wildcat strikes across the state.

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N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread

Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have walked off the job at 41 of the state’s 42 prisons.

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Hochul May Deploy National Guard as Wildcat Strikes Hit 25 N.Y. Prisons

Corrections officers, without their union’s approval, refused to show up for work to protest what they say are hazardous conditions and severe staff shortages.

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Guards Who Beat Robert Brooks Were Accused of Assaulting Inmates Before

Three of the 13 guards implicated in the savage beating of Robert Brooks had been accused in lawsuits of earlier attacks in New York prisons.

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An Interview With Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Critic Putin Freed and Exiled

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a vehement critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, didn’t want to be part of a prisoner exchange. But he says more exchanges are needed.

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