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  • 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…

  • Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus Announce Robert Brooks Prison Reform Package, 6.5.25

    June 6, 2025

    Albany, NY –  Today, the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus announced a package of 21 priority bills aimed at overhauling the state’s prison systems. This package comes six…

  • Katal Releases New Tool Tracking Positions of Mayoral Candidates on Closing Rikers Island and Other Key Criminal Justice Reforms 

    June 2, 2025

    **PRESS RELEASE** June 2, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org  Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org  New:  Katal Rele…

  • 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 […]

  • Katal New York Update — May 29, 2025

    May 29, 2025

    In this issue: – NY Senate Passes SCOC Bill – SCOC Press Conference in Albany – Katal in the News (both op-eds) – NY Statewide Call – Quotes of the Week

  • 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…

  • Advocates call for expanded State Commission of Correction

    May 28, 2025

    By Jamie DeLine at News 10 May 28, 2025 ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—Prison reform advocates gathered in Albany on Wednesdayfollowing a monthly meeting of the State Commission of Correction. They say [&hel…

  • New York’s Prisons and Jails are Deadly. Expanding Oversight Will Save Lives

    May 28, 2025

    By Assembly Member Emily Gallagher and Ziyadah Amatul-Matin in the Empire Report May 28, 2025 New York’s prisons and jails are dangerous and deadly for incarcerated people. For decades,New York [&he…

  • Wednesday, 5/28: Press Conference in Albany to Demand Reforms to Government Watchdog with Authority Over Local Jails and State Prisons 

    May 27, 2025

    **MEDIA ADVISORY** May 27, 2025 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org  Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers | shutrikers.org Wednesday, 5/28: Press Conference in Albany to Dem…

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