It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. Welcome back, everybody. I'm Matt Katz, reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist

Newsroom, and I'm filling in for Brian today. I spend much of my time in the

news reporting on the jails at Rikers Island, and there's been some news in recent days, controversial

and a bit confusing news that we're going to dive into right now. Over the weekend, Mayor Eric

Adams declared a state of emergency in the jails, and he issued this

unusual executive order to stop a law from being implemented. It was about to go into effect,

hours after he issued this order, was supposed to go into effect, and the law banned the practice

of holding detainees in solitary confinement.

Adams essentially scaled back this law.

This law had been passed twice by city council, and that has obviously outraged city council.

So joining us now to talk through this issue and how council might respond is council member Carlina Rivera,iva who represents a manhattan district that includes

greenwich village lowry side union square murray hill kips bay council member thanks for being here

appreciate it thanks for having me good morning good morning and listeners do you have any

experience with with this issue where you held in solitary confinement or do you know someone who has been?

Are you a correction officer who thinks the city council is interfering with operations of the jails, putting detainees and officers alike in danger?

Give us a call.

Send us a text.

212-433 W-W-NYC. 212-433 WNYC.

212-433-9692. Any detainees on Rikers listening who want to give call in to talk about solitary confinement at the jail?

Give us a call. 212-433-9692. Councilmember Rivera, you were chair of the Committee on Criminal

Justice when this bill passed last year, your second sponsor of the bill. How did you come to this

issue? What's your background here as it relates to understanding this practice of using solitary

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