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New York City’s Young Inmates Are Held in Isolation Upstate Despite Ban

Nazeem Francis, 19, who was charged with assaulting a correction officer at Rikers Island, makes an appearance in court in New York, June 19, 2018. He was sent to Albany County Correctional Facility and placed in solitary confinement, a practice that was banned three years ago in New York City for inmates younger than 22. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)