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Solitary Confinement in NYS
March 10, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
Peace and Justice Task Force Recommends:
Senator Bill Perkins, 30th District invites you to a
Community Forum on Solitary Confinement and Its Use in New York State Prisons and Jails
Thursday, Mar 10, 2016, 6:00PM
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building – 2nd Floor, Art Gallery
163 West 125 St. (Entrance on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)
RIGHT NOW, OVER 5,000 INDIVIDUALS in New York State’s criminal justice system are denied the basic provision of light, air and human contact for 23 hours each day. This is a human rights crisis of epidemic proportions right in our own backyard. The United Nations has declared solitary confinement to be a form of torture and it is time for New York to follow suit.