NYC Revises Prison Standards
New York City’s jails would be able to listen in on inmates’ phone calls without a warrant, read prisoners’ mail without a court order, reduce living space behind bars, and use 23-hour lock-ins more widely under new regulations proposed by the Board of Correction that revise – prisoners' advocates would say "roll back" – the basic rules of the city jail system for the first time in 30 years. JARRETT MURPHY in City Limits Weekly.