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Queens Daily Eagle:Queens leaders lean on DA to stop bail amid Rikers crisis
By Rachel Vick via Queens Daily Eagle Days after Queens Defenders issued a letter to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz asking her office to stop requesting bail, lawmakers, advocates and public […
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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…
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PRESS RELEASE – REFORM COALITION RESPONDS TO RACIST FEAR MONGERING AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE LESS IS MORE ACT IN MONROE COUNTY
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Reform Coalition Responds to Racist Fear Mongering and Misinformation ab…
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press release – community groups, people and families impacted by mass incarceration, gather at rikers island bridge in support of #lessismoreny & criminal justice reforms
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Community Groups, People and Families Impacted by Mass Incarceration, Ga…
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WRGB Albany:Former inmates/advocates urge state to invest more money into parole transition programs
By Emma Quinn via WRGB Albany ALBANY (WRGB) — By March 2022, over $680 million dollars of New York state tax dollars can be redistributed once the “Less is More” Act takes […]
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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…
