Solitary confinement persists at Rikers Island, just by different names

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. Monday July 25, 2022 ADVERTISEMENT [Solitary confinement persists at Rikers Island, just by different names]( [At a rally in front of City Hall earlier this month, protesters held signs with the names of incarcerated people who recently died at Rikers Island and called for a new city law to ban solitary confinement.]( [A plan to replace the current system of punishing detainees with a more humane approach has been delayed indefinitely.]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [A child wipes water from his face while playing in the Changing Spaces Fountain by Jeppe Hein at Rockefeller Center during a heat wave on July 23 in New York City.]( [Thunderstorms and flash flooding Monday expected to interrupt seventh day of heat in NYC]( [After Monday, temperatures aren’t expected to break back into the 90s for the remainder of the week, the National Weather Service says.]( [U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., attends a 216 news conference about efforts to defund women's health care. On the Brian Lehrer show July 25, she encouraged continued activism in support of abortion rights.]( [NJ's Bonnie Watson Coleman as abortion bills head to Senate: 'Blow up their phones']( [The congresswoman from New Jersey's 12th District was among those to get arrested outside the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month.]( [Inside an empty poll site on the Upper East Side.]( [Another NY primary is weeks away. Here's what you should know.]( [The congressional and state Senate primaries are set for August 23rd.]( [COVID-19 test]( [Surprise credit card charges hit New Yorkers from COVID-19 testing company Medbar]( [Several New Yorkers are calling out Medbar for billing them for COVID-19 tests they thought would be covered by their insurance. The charges are appearing months after the fact.]( [A girl plays in an fire hydrant at a block party in Bed Stuy.]( [Photos: How New Yorkers are staying cool in the heat wave]( [Temperatures danced around the 90-degree mark all weekend as the city pushed its way through a brutal heat wave.]( [Kyro Wideman of the Coalition for Food and Health Equity packs meals at Pita Square to be distributed to area residents.]( [First COVID, now inflation. $52M program to feed NJ's hungry is keeping restaurants open]( [The state launched Sustain and Serve in December 2020, and many restaurants and nonprofits say it's still critical to their survival.]( [Juan Garcia, applying for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.]( [Food prices hit both poor New Yorkers and the food pantries that support them]( [An expansion of the federal safety net is all that has prevented “developing-world levels of famine,” one expert said.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.