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Another Person Dies in DOC Custody – the 2nd Death This Week and the 24th Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 7, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Person…
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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
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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 [……
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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
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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&n…
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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…
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As Federal Court Holds Hearing on Crises at Rikers, Community Groups and Elected Officials Hold Protest to Demand Immediate Action
**PRESS RELEASE** June 13, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter As Federal Cour…
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Tuesday 6/13, 9:00 am, Foley Square
**MEDIA ADVISORY** June 12, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter Tuesday 6/13, 9:00 am, Foley…
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NYC DOC rolls back transparency as a third Rikers-related death in 2023 is reported
By; Tandy Lau Via Amsterdam News No news is bad news. The NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) recently stopped informing the public about custody deaths in the wake of the […]
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Citywide Elected Officials and Community Groups Rally Outside Rikers to Call for Closure of Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Citywide Elected…
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Katal New York Update- June 1, 2023
In this issue: -Disaster at Rikers: Scathing Report, Another Death, and Attempts by Mayor Adams to Limit Transparency -June New York Criminal Justice Statewide Call -Next Week’s Close Rikers Phone…
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Another person dies at Rikers– 22nd Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another person dies at Riker…
