New York City to end solitary confinement in jails

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New York City officials voted to end the current rules on solitary confinement in all city jails starting in the fall.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Anthony Gay, who spent 22 years in solitary confinement, and who’s now pushing to change the practice.New York City officials voted Tuesday to end the current rules on solitary confinement in all city jails starting in the fall.

Instead, any inmate who poses a high risk to other inmates or staff will be put in a new alternative disciplinary model called the Risk Management Accountability System .People walk by a sign at the entrance to Rikers Island, March 31, 2017, in New York. At level one, an inmate will be allowed out of their cell for at least 10 hours a day. After 15 days, the inmate will be put into level two, where they will be out of their cell for at least 12 hours.

 

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