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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 newsletter – july 27, 2017
In this issue: Albany LEAD in the News AFJ’s March for Justice – from NYC to Albany Film Screening and Discussion: Presumed Innocent (1979) Please Support Our Work albany lead in the n…
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Erie County Eyes Albany Police Diversion Program
ALBANY, NY – Numbers from the Erie County Health Department show the opioid epidemic in the county could claim the lives of nearly 400 people by the end of the year. Last year, there were 300 fa…
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katal newsletter – july 21, 2017
In this issue: In Memory of Umar in memory of umar On July 17th, we lost our Brother Umar. As an organizer with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and chapter leader of All of Us or None in D…
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katal newsletter – july 14, 2017
In this issue: Lorenzo Jones on CT Cross Cultural Symposium Panel Keith Brown Speaking at the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference Follow Katal on Social Media lorenzo jones on ct cross cultural symposiu…
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Opioid crisis response ‘too little, too late’
Opioid overdoses took 1,200 lives in North Carolina last year — part of an 800 percent increase since 1999 whose body count has now surpassed 12,000. So when lawmakers approved the final state budge…
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NAADAC opposes senate health repeal
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 — NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals issued the following news release: NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, joined 66 other leadin…
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News Observer: NC bill limiting availability of prescription pain killers signed into law
NC bill limiting availability of prescription pain killers signed into law By Thomasi McDonald via News Observer | JUNE 29, 2017 Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law Thursday a bill that more closely regul…
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Cooper to sign law limiting availability of prescription pain killers
By Thomasi McDonald via News Observer RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law Thursday a bill that more closely regulates the prescribing of pain killers, which state officials say has resulte…
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statement from leaders of the #closerikers campaign on mayor bill de blasio’s roadmap to closing rikers island
STATEMENT FROM LEADERS OF THE #CLOSErikers CAMPAIGN ON MAYOR BILL de BLASIO’S ROADMAP TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND Thursday, June 22, 2017 (New York, NY) – Le…
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katal newsletter – june 22, 2017
In this issue: Lorenzo Jones to Keynote NC Overdose Conference Statement from #CLOSErikers Campaign on Mayor’s Roadmap for Rikers NY Governor and Senate Majority Fail to Act on Speedy Trial Reform l…
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NC bill limiting availability of prescription pain killers signed into law
By Thomasi McDonald via News Observer RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law Thursday a bill that more closely regulates the prescribing of pain killers, which state officials say has resulte…
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De Blasio moves on Rikers – but hedges on jail relocations
By Gloria Pazmino and Conor Skelding via POLITICO Nothing about Rikers Island is easy for Bill De Blasio. Two months after responding to activist pressure and dropping his longstanding resistance to…
