Reposted by Justyna
"I didn’t want to be another 'expert' who spoke about incarceration without ever having set foot inside a jail or prison. I wanted to witness the reality and to stand beside those living it.
I wasn’t prepared for what I soon witnessed: the widespread use of a practice known as 'deadlocking.'"
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Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island
Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human contact — or medication.
