The move is the latest chapter in a back-and-forth battle between Adams and the City Council over pushes to ban most forms of solitary confinement at Rikers Island.
Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday issued an emergency order to stop the city Department of Correction from implementing major components of a new law to limit solitary confinement in city jails — a day before it was slated to go into effect.
Adams’ order cites filings by the federal monitor put in place to oversee reforms at Rikers Island, which states the new law would put both correction officers and detainees in harm's way. Department of Correction officials reached out to the City Council last week requesting to push back the launch of the law, which was rejected by Council members, according to the order.
Williams said he would “all means” force the mayor to implement the law, suggesting he may sue over Adams’ executive order. The City Council last weekThe law's proponents say any form of solitary confinement is inhumane and increases the risk of death and self-harm. But the law's opponents argue that its definition of solitary confinement is too broad, and doesn't give correction officials the tools to punish violent behavior and separate attackers from victims.
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