New York City bans most uses of solitary confinement in its jails

ViewFor some, the vote today to end the use of solitary confinement is personal.

"I spent 1,168 hours on Rikers "die-land," and I spent 1,122 of those hours in solitary confinement," Candie Hailey-Means from Jails Action Coalition recalled.

Many can still remember the isolation they felt decades later.

"No sunlight, no...