New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to release 8,000 parolees from supervision by the end of March
By: Yoselin Person via WKBW Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has announced they’ll discharge eight thousand people on parole from supervision by March 31st. This comes after Governor Kathy Hochul signed the “Less is More Act” back in September of 2021. Eddie James Henley, who was […]
Another test for New York’s criminal justice reform
By Chase Houle via 13WHAM Rochester, N.Y. — New York’s criminal justice reform has been criticized as dangerous and poorly thought out – and raised as long overdue. Thursday, 8,000 parolees statewide are expected to be release from supervision. Part of the “Less is More” legislation allows parolees to earn a 30-day reduction in their sentence for […]
An update about bail reform in New York
By: gabriel sayegh via Medium.com The inherent unfairness and cruelty of the cash bail system undermines the promise of safety, equal opportunity, and equal justice under law that New Yorkers cherish. That’s why the pretrial laws the state legislature passed in 2019 — including bail reform — are so important. The ever-worsening crises at Rikers […]
Bail Reform in New York — Fact Sheet
On April 1, 2019, after years of work by grassroots groups and advocates across New York, lawmakers in Albany passed a historic slate of criminal justice reform bills to address the pretrial incarceration crisis in New York. Recently, Governor Hochul proposed rolling back bail reform and other much needed criminal justice reforms. Katal opposes efforts […]
Katal Opposes Roll Backs to Bail Reform
Governor Hochul’s Proposal Will Lead to More New Yorkers Being Incarcerated Pretrial
Connecticut Update – March 10, 2022
In this issue:
-#FreeThemNowCT House Party
-CT CJ Reform Call Recap
-CT Community Organizer Position
-ICYMI: Katal Turns 6
-Quotes of the Week
Another Person Incarcerated in Connecticut Dies from COVID-19
Connecticut Lawmakers Must Pass Legislation to Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19 this Session
Parole Reform Squabble Has Left Hundreds Sitting in New York Jails
By Chris Gelardi via New York Focus At the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, at least 91 people had been waiting for March 1 to roll around. On that date, most aspects of New York state’s new parole reform law went into full effect, and those who had been held on warrants issued by […]
Parole Reform Squabble Leaves Hundreds in New York Jails
By Chris Gelardi via The American Prospect At the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, at least 91 people had been waiting for March 1 to roll around. On that date, most aspects of New York state’s new parole reform law went into full effect, and those who had been held on warrants […]
NY is closing 6 prisons Thursday. What will it mean for local economies?
Tiffany Cusaac-Smith via Poughkeepsie Journal Correctional facilities in Rochester, Fishkill and Southport are among six New York prisons shuttering Thursday, amid diminishing prison populations and the implementation of key reforms aimed at curbing incarceration. At the close of business Thursday, Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill and the Rochester Correctional Facility will be two of six that will close, […]
