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Katal Connecticut Update-September 8, 2022
In this issue: -#FreeThemNowCT Action at DOC Headquarters -Catch Up with Katal Next Week -CT Community Organizer Position -Quotes of the Week
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We Don’t Need a ‘Plan B,’ Mayor Adams; New York City Needs You to Shut Rikers Down
By Yonah Zeitz via Gotham Gazette As the crisis on Rikers Island continues and the death toll soars, Mayor Eric Adams told New Yorkers last week that there needs to be […]
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Families demand a plan to stop COVID spread in prisons
By: Sujata Srinivasan via Connecticut Public Radio Supporters of incarcerated people gathered in front of the Department of Correction (DOC) headquarters in Wethersfield Wednesday to demand that the L…
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After 30 COVID-19 deaths, protestors call for increased protections in Connecticut prisons
By Molly Ingram via WSHU Activists gathered outside Connecticut’s Department of Correction headquarters on Wednesday to demand stricter COVID-19 guidelines in state prisons. In total, 30 Connecticut…
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Claudia Cupe: Better COVID-19 plan needed in CT Department of Correction
By Claudia Cupe via Hartford Courant For the past two years, I’ve watched my loved ones suffer at the hands of the Connecticut Department of Correction because Gov. Ned Lamont […]
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RELEASE: Families, Community Groups, and Directly Impacted People Protest Outside DOC Headquarters
Katal Center Equity, Health, and Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | ##Free…
