Commissioner Ponte, the author, & Mayor de Blasio (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office) Today, the New York City Department of Correction formally ended the practice of punitive segregation for ...

When prison inmates break the rules, they may be placed in solitary confinement—sometimes for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Although it is frequently criticized, disciplinary segregation is still widely used in ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — An array of allegations are detailed in a new report on conditions inside Erie County’s jails after more than a dozen clergy went behind the bars to interview over 100 ...