Katal 2021 Wrap up and Thank you
By now we’re all tired of the word unprecedented: We’ve been dealing with a pandemic for more than two years. It can be hard to see and feel progress when hardship and personal loss surround us. Still, we are grateful that a stable foundation of community support fosters resilience, hope, and health. Building this base […]
New York Update – January 20, 2022
In this issue:
-NY Criminal Justice Reform Call
-Implementing #LessIsMoreNY
-ICYMI: Op-Ed by Katal’s Lorenzo Jones
-Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
-Music We’re Listening
-Quotes of the Week
Two More Incarcerated People in Connecticut Die from COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 20th, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @katalcenter Two More Incarcerated People in Connecticut Die from COVID COVID Deaths on the Rise in CT DOC Statement from Kenyatta Muzzanni, Director of Organizing, Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice Hartford, CT: “News broke yesterday that two […]
Connecticut Update – January 13, 2022
In this issue…
COVID Rages Through CT DOC
Upcoming Session and Statewide Call
Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
Books We’re Reading
Quotes of the Week
Op-ed: Justice Reform Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
If You’re Really Behind Grassroots Movements, Get Out of the Way By Lorenzo Jones Over the past 10–15 years, the political landscape in the U.S. has undergone monumental change with the rise of a broader, deeper movement to end mass incarceration. During this period, local, state-based movements have expanded through national developments including the rise […]
Justice Reform Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
If You’re Really Behind Grassroots Movements, Get Out of the Way By: Lorenzo Jones via Medium.com Over the past 10–15 years, the political landscape in the U.S. has undergone monumental change with the rise of a broader, deeper movement to end mass incarceration. During this period, local, state-based movements have expanded through national developments including […]
A cancer patient was sent to prison for DUI. Two months later, he was dead from COVID
By Dave Altimari and Kelan Lyons via CT Mirror William Lamprecht stood before the judge in a Torrington courtroom in September fearing the four months he was about to spend in prison would become a death sentence. The 62-year-old man, who had been battling an alcohol and drug addiction for years, was awaiting his fate after pleading […]
Connecticut Update – December 16, 2021
In this issue…
23rd COVID-19 Death CT Prisons
Marijuana Health and Safety
Honoring bell hooks
Quotes of the Week
New York Update – December 9, 2021
In this issue…
Defending #LessIsMoreNY in Rochester
NY Criminal Justice Reform Call
Day of Action for Decarceration
Books We’re Reading
Quotes of the Week
Connecticut Update – December 2, 2021
In this issue…
Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
Advocacy 101 Session
#GivingTuesday
Quotes of the Week
