ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Two court rulings were handed down this week about restrictions on solitary confinement in correctional facilities in New York. One lifted emergency orders from New York ...

A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled Mayor Adams broke the law when he refused to implement elements of a city law severely restricting the use of solitary confinement in the jails.

A New York judge has temporarily barred the Hochul administration from overriding state law and giving prisons blanket permission to keep incarcerated people in prolonged solitary confinement.

Mayor Eric Adams “violated” the law when he blocked the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement in Big Apple prisons, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday. “Mayor Adams acted beyond … ...

NEW YORK — A state judge in Albany granted a temporary injunction forcing New York State to fully implement a law sharply limiting solitary confinement in the prisons after elements ...

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law restricting the use of solitary confinement on Rikers Island, a New York state ...

Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in city jails, a judge ruled Monday.

Without video, advocates and attorneys say, it’s difficult for New York prisoners to prove their allegations. McCallion’s case began on the night of Oct. 28, 2020. He later admitted he and some ...

In response to crises inside New York State’s prisons, Gov. Kathy Hochul said this winter that swift action in Albany would hold corrections officers accountable and keep inmates safer.. In the ...

NEW YORK — A state Supreme Court judge has ruled that New York City Mayor Eric Adams broke ... Judge rules Mayor Adams broke law in blocking NYC jails solitary confinement ban. Graham Rayman ...