Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die in a Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 24, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Death at Rikers, the 2nd Person to Die in a Week Under Mayor Eric Adams, at least 35 People Have Died in NYC Jails New York, NY: This evening, news broke that yet another […]
Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
By Rebecca C. Lewis at City and StateFebruary 24th, 2025 The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that certain provisions of the HALT Solitary Confinement law would be suspended. A coalition of nearly 100 criminal justice reform organizations, public defenders and other advocacy groups sent […]
