2016

• Visit Restrictions Monthly Review (April 2016)
• Punitive Segregation Reforms and Exceptions: Recent Results
• Visit Restrictions Monthly Review (March 2016)

2015

• BOC Report: Sixty-day Punitive Segregation Overrides (9/12/2015-12/31/2015)
• Follow-up report on Enhanced Supervision Housing as of April 30, 2015 This is the second report on Enhanced Supervision Housing (ESH). It provides updated demographic information on the ESH inmates, unit operations, and unusual incidents. It then analyzes ESH’s mission and some ongoing challenges.
• Report on the status of punitive segregation reform This report serves as an update on the Department of Correction’s (DOC) implementation of the amendments to punitive segregation (PS). It includes a description of the three types of punitive segregation units and information on punitive segregation admissions and transfers. Finally, it presents a discussion of problems with punitive segregation and concluding remarks.
• Violence in New York City Jails: Slashing and Stabbing Incidents An analysis of the Department of Correction’s data on stabbing and slashing incidents and weapons. The report notes that the vast majority of all weapons recovered by DOC staff are jail-made weapons fashioned from materials found inside the jails.
• Preliminary Report on the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit
  This report serves as a first-look at the Department of Correction’s (DOC) implementation of Enhanced Supervision Housing (ESH). We summarize the background of ESH and provide a timeline. We then present details on the inmates currently housed in ESH, as well as how the new unit has been operating.
• Violence Indicators Report
  Report of violence indicators, March 17, 2015.
• Comparison of Historical Rates of Violence
  This report compares of historical rates of violence between inmates and rates of staff use of force on inmates.
• Sixty-day Punitive Segregation Override Notices Received Through September 11, 2015 from the Department of Correction (Published November 24, 2015)

2014

• Barriers to Recreation at Rikers Island's Central Punitive Segregation Unit
  The report found that only 10% of the inmates in the Central Punitive Segregation Unit engaged in recreation on any given day. The study presents the principle barriers to recreation and recommends ways to address them.
• Violence Trend Report: Use of Force Incidents Involving Adolescents
  This report analyzes use of force data comparing 16 to 18 year olds to adults.

2013

• Three Adolescents with Mental Illness in Punitive Segregation at Rikers Island
  This report describes the life and jail experience of three mentally ill adolescents who were each sentenced to more than 200 days in punitive segregation at Rikers Island. Mentally ill adolescents in punitive segregation merit special attention because they are among the most vulnerable prisoners in custody.

Department of Correction Reports

• Report Analyzing and Recommending Options to Reduce Persistent Violence Committed by Inmates Housed In or Released From Punitive Segregation That Use Means Other Than Extending Punitive Segregation Confinement (June 1, 2016) -- Pursuant to BOC Minimum Standard 1-17(h)(2)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (2/23/2015 - 3/31/2015)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (4/1/2015 - 5/31/2015)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (6/1/2015 - 7/31/2015)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (8/1/2015 - 9/30/2015)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (10/1/2015 - 11/30/2015)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (12/1/2015 - 1/31/2016)
• 60 Day Report on Punitive Segregation (2/1/2016 - 3/31/2016)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (2/23/2015 - 3/31/2015)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (4/1/2015 - 5/31/2015)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (6/1/2015 - 7/31/2015)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (8/1/2015 - 9/30/2015)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (10/1/2015 - 11/30/2015)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (12/1/2015 - 1/31/2016)
• 60 Day Report on ESH (2/1/2016 - 3/31/2016)

Correctional Health Services Reports

• BOC Access Report (April 2016)
• BOC Access Report (May 2016)