• Fact Sheet – #FreeThemNowCT

    COVID-19 in Connecticut Prisons and Jails: #FreeThemNowCT As Connecticut continues to confront COVID-19, Governor Ned Lamont and  state officials have failed to develop a comprehensive plan to tackle…

  • Fact Sheet – #FreeThemNowNY

    COVID-19 in New York Prisons and Jails: #FreeThemNowNY  As New York State continues to confront the worst public health crisis in the  last century, Governor Andrew Cuomo and state officials have fa…

  • connecticut update – october 28, 2021

    In this issue… Protecting Young People in Connecticut Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Quotes of the Week Young People in Connecticut Need Community Investments Not Surveillanc…

  • op-ed: “this is your brain on racism”: reflections on the anti-drug abuse act of 1986

    By gabriel sayegh This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which Congress passed four months after the death of University of Maryland star forward Len Bias. The B…

  • new york update – october 21, 2021

    In this issue… Defending and Implementing#LessIsMoreNY NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Defending and Implementing #LessIsMoreNY #LessIsMoreNY Campaign Update Call, 10/19/2021 – n…

  • connecticut update – october 14, 2021

    In this issue… Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Presentation on Advocacy at UCONN Building Leadership and Organizing Capacity (BLOC) Roundtable Quotes of the Week Last Week’s…

  • op-ed: transforming parole through racial justice and decarceration

    By Imani Webb-Smith, Senior Policy Manager at Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice Until very recently, to be on parole supervision in New York State was to be subject to the country’s most…

  • new york update – october 7, 2021

    In this issue… Defending #LessIsMoreNY Demanding DA’s Decarcerate and Stop Requesting Bail NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call #LessIsMoreNY Coalition Rallies at Bridge to Rikers to Conf…

  • connecticut update – september 30, 2021

    In this issue… Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call The Inaugural Inspector General in Connecticut Quotes of the Week Join us for the next CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call…

  • new york update – september 9, 2021

    In this issue… Today’s NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call #LessIsMoreNY Phone Zap and Campaign Update Call Today’s NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call and the 50 Year Anniversar…

  • new york update – august 26, 2021

    In this issue… Governor Kathy Hochul and Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin #LessIsMoreNY Tweet Storm and Upcoming Phone Zap NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call is Back in September! Governor Kat…

  • connecticut update – september 2, 2021

    In this issue… Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Connecticut Apprentice Community Organizer Position Remembering the Life of Jerry Smart Jr. Today’s CT Statewide Criminal Just…