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Federal Monitor for Rikers Island Sounds Alarm in Scandalous New Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Federal Monitor for Rikers Isl…
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Katal Connecticut Update- May 25, 2023
In this issue: -New Report: Fixing Connecticut’s Probation and Parole Problems -June Connecticut Criminal Justice Statewide Call -Quotes of the Week
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[Incarcerated person] leaps to death on Rikers Island in NY. 37th death in 2 years
By; Randall via Asamnews.com Authorities at Rikers Island say an inmate identified as Rubu Zhao jumped to his death this weekend at the New York City jail, reports the Daily News. […]
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Probation is utilized more assertively by CT than by other states, As reported in statistics.
By; Nathaniel Wright via BollyInside Connecticut has a high rate of probation usage, with over 30,000 people currently on probation, As reported in a report by the Prison Policy Initiative […]
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Connecticut incarceration rates are low, but probation rates aren’t
By: Molly Ingram via WSHU Public Radio Almost 1% of Connecticut’s population is on probation. That’s 30,000 people — and three times the amount of people incarcerated in the state. […]
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Report: Connecticut Has Aggressive Probation Practices
By Christine Stuart via CT News Junkie Published May 23, 2023 Connecticut’s use of community corrections, particularly aggressive probation tactics, traps thousands of people in the correctional sys…
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CT uses probation more aggressively than other states, new data shows
By Alex Putterman via CT Insider Published May 23, 2023 While Connecticut has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the nation, the state uses probation more aggressively than most […]
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RELEASE: New Report Outlines How Connecticut’s Excessive Use of Probation and Parole Are Drivers of Incarceration
Katal Center Equity, Health, and Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on socials: @KatalCenter | #FixPr…
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Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s probation and parole problems
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 we released a new groundbreaking report with the Prison Policy Initiative titled “Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s probation and parole problems.” It…
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Excessive, Unjust, And Expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s Probation And Parole Problems
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 we released a new groundbreaking report with the Prison Policy Initiative titled “Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s probation and…
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Katal Join With Immigrants Rights Organizations to Reject Mayor Adams’s Proposal to House Asylum Seekers at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 22, 2023 Contact: Yatziri Tovar, Yatziri.Tovar@maketheroadny.org | (917) 771-2818 Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter: @…
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Katal New York Update- May 19, 2023
In this issue: -Death Toll on Rikers Continues to Rise -March for Care, Not Criminalization on Wednesday 5/24 -Quotes of the week
