Mayor Eric Adams could be headed for a legal showdown with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams over hizzoner's July 27 executive order suspending parts of a law banning the use of solitary confinement in city jails.
Many pols and advocates charge the city still uses similar practices of holding inmates in isolation for extended periods, causing mental health issues like anxiety and depression.
Adams' executive order suspended parts of Local Law 42, pausing a four-hour holding limit in de-escalation confinement and restraints use restrictions on detainees.
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