advisory – community groups, people and families impacted by rikers, and elected officials to rally at city hall to demand on mayor de blasio to decarcerate
ADVISORY September 20th, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Crisis on Rikers Grows, 11th Death in Year at Notorious Facility Wednesday 9/22, 11 a.m.: Community Groups, People and Families Impacted by Rikers, and Elected Officials to Rally at City Hall to Demand on Mayor de Blasio to Decarcerate New York, NY – This Wednesday, September 22 at […]
SpectrumNews1:NY parole officials preparing for implementation of Less is More Act
By Wendy Wright via SpectrumNews1 New York State Parole officials are preparing for the implementation of the Less is More Act, the Parole Reform Bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday. “I think this is going to be very difficult for parole officers to really get a handle on the people that they […]
AMNY:After latest Rikers Island death, de Blasio acknowledges more improvements coming
By Morgan C. Mullings via AMNY The most recent inmate death on Rikers Island spurred renewed outrage from criminal justice advocates — and renewed promises from Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday that the city’s working to improve conditions on the penal island. During his Sept. 20 briefing at City Hall, the mayor comments on the major […]
WBFO:Hochul signs law to end sending New Yorkers back to prison on minor parole violations, immediately releases nearly 200 inmates
By Karen DeWitt via WBFO New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday ordered the immediate release of nearly 200 state prison inmates being held for committing technical parole violations, while also vowing to improve what she called “hell on earth” conditions at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail. Hochul signed a new law, known as […]
