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  • A second chance: How the parole justice movement has gained steam in New York state

    March 1, 2022

    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 [&hellip…

  • Two People Died At Rikers An Hour Apart

    June 21, 2025

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, June 21, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yesterday Two People Died At…

  • Katal New York Update — June 13, 2025

    June 13, 2025

    In This Issue: -NY Legislative Passes Omnibus Bill, Which Overhauls the State Commission of Correction -June NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Recap -Weekly Pro-Democracy Phone Zaps -Katal In…

  • The New York Legislature Passes Omnibus Corrections Oversight Bill, Which Includes Overhauling Government Watchdog with Authority Over Jails and State Prisons  

    June 13, 2025

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 12, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on socials @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers  The New York Legislature Passes Omnibus…

  • Parole and sentencing reform left out of omnibus prison reform bill

    June 11, 2025

    Written by Rebecca C. Lewis at City and State 6/11/2025 In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at MarcyCorrectional Facility late last year, lawmakers […]

  • SCOC Press Conference in Albany, 6.10.25

    June 10, 2025

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org    Community Groups and I…

  • With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package

    June 10, 2025

    With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package Written by Briana Supardi at CBS 6 Albany 6/10/2025 With just days left in the legislative session, New […]

  • State Democrats get behind NY prison reforms in legislative session’s final day PDF here.

    June 10, 2025

    By Jeongyoon Han at WXXI News PR June 10, 2025 Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly agreed late Monday on a set of prisonreforms that would increase oversight in […]

  • MEDIA ADVISORY SCOC Press Confence, 6.9.25

    June 9, 2025

    **MEDIA ADVISORY** June 9, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org  Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org Tuesday, 6/10: Press Conference in Albany to O…

  • State’s prison oversight panel faces criticism, calls for reform

    June 1, 2025

    By Robert Gavin at Buffalo News Jun 1, 2025 ALBANY – In the five months after prison officers beat 43-year-old Robert Brooks to death inMarcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, […]

  • Eric Adams Loses Control of Rikers Island to Federal Receivership

    May 30, 2025

    By Margaret Kimberley at Black Agenda Report May 30, 2025 Our guest is Melanie Dominguez, Organizing Director, New York with the Katal Center forEquity, Health, and Justice . She joins […]

  • OP-ED: With Rikers Island, Eric Adams has made a bad situation worse

    May 29, 2025

    By gabriel sayegh in Amsterdam News May 29, 2025 The New York Daily News recently ran an exclusive story with the headline “NYC Mayor Adamsexploring abandoning current plan to shut […]

  • Community Groups and Impacted People Gather in Albany to Demand Reforms to Failing Jail and Prison Watchdog

    May 28, 2025

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org    Community Groups and Impacted…

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