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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 Responds to New Plan by the OCA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 11, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Katal Responds to New Plan…
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Katal New York Update — October 10, 2024
In this issue: Kicking off GOTV & Continuing Outreach to #Nix2Through6 City Ballot Measures Next Wednesday, Oct. 16th: #Shutrikers Phone Zap Save the Date for our Intro to Shut Rikers Meeting on 10/24…
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Katal Connecticut Update — October 3, 2024
In this issue: -Miller Street Community Farm Marigold Harvest -Recap: September CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call -October Cultivating Justice Meetings -We’re Hiring a Community Organizer…
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#ShutRikers Phone Zap
Event Date: Wednesday, October 2th from 12:00pm-1:00pm Location: Virtual via Zoom RSVP here to attend! We will be calling city council members to ask them to take action to help end the suffering and…
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Katal New York Update — September 27, 2024
In this issue: -Federal Courts One Step Closer to Receivership – #ShutRikers Keeps the Pressure Up -Statement in Response to Mayor Adams’s Indictment -Monday, 9/23: Peer not Police Rally by CCIT -…
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As Mayor Adams is Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges, Judge on a Separate Case Again Opens Door for Federal Takeover at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 26, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz: yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers As Mayor Adams is Indicted on Federa…
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RELEASE: Shut Rikers March & Rally
**PRESS RELEASE** September 25, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org Community Groups, Elected O…
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Advocates renew calls to close Rikers Island as possible federaltakeover looms
By Courtney Gross from Spectrum News NY1 Published September 25, 2024 Lawyers for prisoners on Rikers Island continued in court Wednesday to make the same arguments they have for years — that a mass…
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Judge directs NYC to develop plan for possible federal takeoverof Rikers Island jail
By Philip Marcelo via AP News NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday directed New York City officials to begindeveloping a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island, following a he…
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Advocates renew call for Rikers Island closure as judge’s decision on possible federal takeover looms
By Dean Moses via AMNY Criminal justice advocates rallied in Lower Manhattan Wednesday to demand the closure of Rikers Island as a federal judge mulls whether to hand over the city correctional facili…
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NYC judge orders DOC and civil rights lawyers to flesh outplan to restructure how jails are ru
By Molly Crane-Newman & Graham Rayman via NY Daily News A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday directed top Department of Correction leadership and civil rights attorneys representing Rikers Islan…
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Renewed push on to close Rikers Island
Interview by: Zinnia Maldonado via CBS News CBS News New York’s Zinnia Maldonado has new details aboutthe death of an inmate two years ago. She spoke to his family’sattorney on Wednesday.
