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New York City could soon become the largest big city in the country to ban most forms of solitary confinement in its jails — a measure expected to move one step closer to reality Wednesday when the City Council votes on a bill restricting the use of the policy. The City Council bill that would largely ban solitary has solid support in the lawmaking body. But Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that while he doesn’t “support” solitary confinement, he doesn’t “like” the bill as it’s currently written, either. “They are told you no longer can live in society until your case is resolved, for the most pa…

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