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STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO 9.23.2021 NY POST ARTICLE
**MEDIA ADVISORY** September 23, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Emily NaPier Singletary – 315-243-5135 emily@weareunchained.org Follow onli…
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SpectrumNews1:Prison reform advocates rally to close Rikers Island
By Clodagh Mcgowan via SpectrumNews1 Henry Robinson says he spent three months on Rikers Island in 2017 for a minor parole violation. “It’s terrible. It’s really bad. I was there where [&hell…
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AMNY:‘Torture island’: Calls grow louder for mayor to shutter Rikers, address inhumane conditions
By Dean Moses via AMNY The fight to close and decarcerate Rikers Island continued on Sept. 22 with the latest rally outside City Hall, as activists and elected officials continue […]
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press release – people impacted by rikers, with elected officials and community groups, demand mayor cut the correctional population, shut rikers, invest in communities
PRESS RELEASE September 22nd, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter At City Hall, People Impacted by Rik…
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SpectrumNews1:NY parole officials preparing for implementation of Less is More Act
By Wendy Wright via SpectrumNews1 New York State Parole officials are preparing for the implementation of the Less is More Act, the Parole Reform Bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy […]
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AMNY:After latest Rikers Island death, de Blasio acknowledges more improvements coming
By Morgan C. Mullings via AMNY The most recent inmate death on Rikers Island spurred renewed outrage from criminal justice advocates — and renewed promises from Mayor Bill de Blasio on […]
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WBFO:Hochul signs law to end sending New Yorkers back to prison on minor parole violations, immediately releases nearly 200 inmates
By Karen DeWitt via WBFO New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday ordered the immediate release of nearly 200 state prison inmates being held for committing technical parole violations, while also [&he…
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advisory – community groups, people and families impacted by rikers, and elected officials to rally at city hall to demand on mayor de blasio to decarcerate
ADVISORY September 20th, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Crisis on Rikers Grows, 11th Death in Year at Notorious Facility Wednesday 9/22, 11 a.m.: Community G…
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WRGB Albany: “Less is More” Act was signed: Former inmates feel a sense of relief
By Emma Quinn via WRGB Albany ALBANY (WRGB) — Come March 2022, missing curfew or being late to a parole meeting won’t automatically land someone on parole back in the prison system. That is [&…
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CBS New York: Nearly 200 People Being Released From Rikers After Gov. Hochul Signs ‘Less Is More Act,’ Calls N.Y.’s Incarceration Rate ‘A Point Of Shame’
By Aundrea Cline-Thomas via CBSNewYork NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Kathy Hochul acted to immediately free several hundred parolees from Rikers Island and made arrangements to move several hun…
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NYDailyNews: Less is More is law: Gov. Hochul signs an important criminal justice reform bill
By Daily News Editorial Board via NYDailyNews Parolees aren’t done serving their sentence, but that status shouldn’t be an all-too-easy tripwire speeding their return to prison caused by…
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MSN News: Nearly 200 People Being Released From Rikers After Gov. Hochul Signs ‘Less Is More Act,’ Calls N.Y.’s Incarceration Rate ‘A Point Of Shame’
By Syndicated Local – CBS New York via MSN News NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Kathy Hochul acted to immediately free several hundred parolees from Rikers Island&n…
