Katal New York Update — March 20, 2024
In this issue:
-Tuesday 3/25: Press Conference in Albany to Increase Jail and Prison Oversight
-Two Deaths at Rikers this Week
-Weekly Pro-Democracy Phone Zaps
-March to Stop the Federal Cuts
-Katal in the News
-Quotes of the Week
Another Death at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 20, 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 this Week and the First Woman to Pass Away this Year As the Crisis on Rikers Worsens and the Death Toll Rises, Adams Doubles Down on […]
Woman detainee dies at Rikers, fourth death in 30 days amid spike in NYC jails population
By Graham Rayman at the Daily NewsMarch 20th, 2025 A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources. The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New York City jails since Feb. 19. It […]
