Mentally Ill Detained on Rikers Often Locked up in Cells For Weeks, Report Says

Correction officers routinely lock severely mentally ill men in their cells on Rikers Island for weeks and even months in violation of city regulations, according to the Daily News. Justyna Rzewinski, a social worker who recently left a job at Rikers, said the practice called “deadlocking” in mental health units…

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