Video: ‘Shut Down Rikers’ Protesters Drown Out, Fluster Mayor
By: Matt Troutman via Patch NEW YORK CITY — Protesters drowned out and visibly flustered Mayor Eric Adams with chants of “shut down Rikers” during a news conference Thursday. One protester was reportedly arrested as he tried to break through a perimeter set up around Adams’ event in Brooklyn. The chaotic conference was streamed live online, giving […]
Advocates Call 3rd Rikers Island Death In July “Sickening”
By: Coral Murphy Marcos via Patch QUEENS — A 47-year-old man died at Rikers Island over the weekend after having spent nearly four months in the custody of city jails, according to a Department of Correction spokesperson. William Johnstone was found unresponsive in his cell in the George R. Vierno Center at about 1:50 p.m. […]
Katal New York Update- July 13, 2023
In this issue:
-Death Toll on Rikers Rises to 24 Under Mayor Adams
-New Scathing Federal Monitor —-Report and Upcoming Close Rikers Phone Zap
-#EndOverdoseNY Rally at Governor’s NYC Office
-3rd Annual Suitcase Sunday
-Quotes of the Week
Katal Connecticut Update- July 7th, 2023
In this issue:
-Fixing Connecticut’s Probation and Parole Problems
-Tabling at DominGO! Hartford
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update- June 29, 2023
In this issue:
-Summer Outreach to Shut Down Rikers
-Fighting Back Against Regressive City Budget
-Intro to Katal–Get to Know Us!
-Quotes of the Week
Rally against Rikers Island comes after scathing report from Office of the Monitor
Katal New York Update- June 15, 2023
In this issue:
-Action to Close Rikers
-June New York Criminal Justice Statewide Call Recap
-Save the Date: Intro to Katal
-Quotes of the week
Emergency hearing held on future of Rikers Island after recent federal monitor reports
By: Natalie Duddridge via CBSNY NEW YORK — Demonstrators on Tuesday protested outside a federal court in Manhattan, where an emergency hearing was held to look into how Rikers Island is being operated. As CBS2 found out, a judge is inching closer to shifting control of the troubled jail. Protesters, including people formerly incarcerated at Rikers, say conditions […]
Fed monitor expected to rebuke CO commissioner for treatment of incarcerated people on Rikers Island
By: ABC7 News staff via ABC7NY RIKERS ISLAND (WABC) — The federal monitor for Rikers Island delivered a stinging rebuke of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina in court Tuesday over alleged violent and negligent treatment of incarcerated people by jail staff. Meanwhile, people directly impacted by Rikers gather at Foley Square ahead of the federal court conference […]
Rally against Rikers Island comes after scathing report from Office of the Monitor
By: News 12 Staff via News12 Brooklyn An emergency hearing was held in U.S. District Court following a report from the Office of the Monitor detailing the increasing issues taking place on Rikers Island. Dozens of activists rallied in Foley Square against the current conditions within the jail facility on Tuesday in response to […]
