The fight against solitary confinement continues a decade after Kalief Browder’s death

The fight against solitary confinement continues a decade after Kalief Browder’s death

Calls for Local Law 42’s full implementation rang across the Civic Center as the city government’s court battle over Mayor Eric Adam’s attempt to block the solitary ban raged on this past Friday, June 6. The date marks ten years since Kalief Browder took his life following two years in solitary confinement and a day before six years since Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco died in a Restrictive Housing Unit. “I’m really tired of holding signs…