Big Changes to Parole Are Here. How Will ‘Less is More’ Hold Up?
By Reuven Blau and Rachel Holliday Smith via The City For decades, New York state law allowed parole officers to toss people back into jail for low-level infractions like missing a curfew or having marijuana in their system. When it comes to jailing parolees across the nation, New York has been an outlier. The state returns more people […]
A second chance: How the parole justice movement has gained steam in New York state
By Robbie Sequeira via BronxTimes Without a second chance, Donna Hylton would have never transformed her life. Without a second chance, Hylton may only be remembered for a traumatic childhood that included repeatedly being trafficked from native Jamaica and sexually and physically abused. Subsequently, Hylton would end up serving a 27-year prison stint for the […]
Press Release: Next Phase of Less Is More Parole Reform Act Takes Effect
Coalition Issues Status Report on Implementation—Progress Thus Far Includes Almost 1,500 People Released From Incarceration.
Connecticut Update – February 24, 2022
In this issue:
-Upcoming CT Statewide CJ Reform Call
-Connecticut Forum Event
-ICYMI: Katal in the Hartford Courant
-Quotes of the Week
New York Update – February 17, 2022
In this issue:
-Implementing #LessIsMoreNY
-Katal’s 6-year Anniversary
-NY Statewide Call Recap
-Our Work in Connecticut
-Quotes of the Week
Kenyatta Muzzanni: Connecticut proposals would criminalize young people in insidious new ways
By Kenyatta Muzzani Via Hartford Courant In the past two years, Connecticut residents pushed for and won major reforms of the criminal legal system, including passing legislation on police accountability and the erasure of certain convictions through Clean Slate. And we achieved these victories during one of the largest civil rights uprisings against systemic racism in U.S. history, an […]
Connecticut Update – February 10, 2022
In this issue:
-Start of Legislative Session
-#FreeThemNowCT
-CT Statewide Call Recap
-Quotes of the Week
Press Release – #CutShutINVEST Start of Session, 2.8.2022
As CT General Assembly Convenes for 2022 Session, People Directly Impacted by Mass Incarceration Demand Real Reform
New York Update – February 3, 2022
In this issue:
-New York Criminal Justice Reform Call
-Implementing #LessIsMoreNY
-Quotes of the Week
Connecticut Update – January 27, 2022
In this issue:
-COVID Rages Through CT DOC
-Upcoming Session & Statewide Call
-Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
-Books We’re Reading
-Quotes of the Week
