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A second chance: How the parole justice movement has gained steam in New York state
By Robbie Sequeira via BronxTimes Without a second chance, Donna Hylton would have never transformed her life. Without a second chance, Hylton may only be remembered for a traumatic childhood that inc…
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Katal New York Update- September 7, 2023
In this issue: -International Overdose Awareness Day Rally, Vigil & March -Monthly Katal Center Meetings: Get To Know Us! -Next Week’s Close Rikers Phone Zap -We’re back: September NY Statewide C…
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International Overdose Awareness Day March, Vigil, and Rally
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 31, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY 18 New Y…
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Katal New York Update- August 25, 2023
In this issue: -Death Toll on Rikers Rises to 27 Under Mayor Adams -ICYMI: Close Rikers March and Rally, August 10th -Next Week’s Close Rikers Phone Zap -Meet our Intern Yatri -Quotes of the Week
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Man Dead At Rikers, Becoming 8th Inmate [ Incarcerated Person] To Die In NYC Custody In 2023
By: Cailin Loesch via Patch.com NEW YORK CITY, NY — A man in Rikers Island died Tuesday morning, becoming the eighth New Yorker to die in city jail custody this year, advocates said. Donny Ubiera, 3…
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Department of Correction: 8th person dies at Rikers Island this year
By: News 12 Staff via News12 Brooklyn Department of Correction: 8th person dies at Rikers Island this year Aug 22, 2023, 1:27pm By: News 12 Staff An eighth person has died this yea…
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Rikers Island detainee dead of suspected drug overdose; 8th fatality in city Correction Department custody in 2023
By: Thomas Tracy via NY Daily News A 33-year-old Rikers Island inmate arrested for back-to-back stabbings in Queens last year was found dead in his cell early Tuesday — the eighth cit…
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Yet Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yet…
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Correcting corrections: Federal judge plans to hear out Rikers receivership arguments
By: Tandy Lau via Amsterdam News Rikers Island is legally-mandated to close by 2027. But before then, receivership—which temporarily wrests control over the embattled jail from the city—is now on…
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The future of Rikers Island
By: Hazel Sanchez, Dan Mannarino, Veronica Rosario via PIX11 NEW YORK (PIX11) – The fate of Rikers Island is in the hands of a federal judge Thursday, who will start hearing arguments on w…
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Federal judge will hear arguments on potential takeover of New York City’s troubled jail system
By: Jake Offenhartz via AP News NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge agreed Thursday to begin a process that could wrest control of New York City’s troubled jail system from Mayor Eric Adams…
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Advocates rally for feds to take control of Rikers Island, argue city can’t ‘keep people alive’ there
By: Dean Moses via AMNY New Yorkers marched through the rain in Lower Manhattan on Thursday to demand the feds take control of Rikers Island as they charge Mayor Adams has “failed” to improve the…
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Judge orders Rikers Island safe from federal takeover, for now
By: Ayanna Harry via PIX11 NEW YORK (PIX11) — A judge stopped short of ordering a federal takeover of Rikers Island after a court hearing Thursday afternoon. Judge Laura Swain said she bel…
