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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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#closerikers group to protest de blasio at fundraiser in florida
Closerikers.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gabriel Sayegh, Katal Center, 646-335-2264, gabriel@katalcenter.org Janos Marton, JLUSA, 917-848-6915, janos@justleadershipusa.org March 3, 2017 NY g…
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an update from the katal co-founders about our first year
an update from the katal cofounders about our first year We’re one year old! Katal launched in February 2016 with three big, inter-related goals: Ending mass criminalization, mass incarceration, an…
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the mayor is all out of answers
The Village Voice In the last State of the City address of his first term, Mayor Bill de Blasio stood on the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theater and returned to the theme of mounting inequality whic…
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katal newsletter – february 14, 2017
In this issue: Katal is One Year Old! The Impact of Losing the Affordable Care Act Katal is fighting to #CLOSErikers katal is one year old! We’re a year old! When we launched Katal a year ago, we in…
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video: #closerikers now mayor de blasio!
Closerikers.org “Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly failed to confront a human rights atrocity right in his own backyard. To live up to his own progressive values of justice, fairness, and equality…
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RELEASE: CLOSErikers NOW Mayor de Blasio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 13, 2017 Contact: gabriel sayegh, 646-335-2264 #CLOSErikers NEW VIDEO: #CLOSErikers NOW Mayor de Blasio! New York, NY: The #CLOSErikers campaign has released a T…
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coba battles those who want to close rikers island
Amsterdam News New York City Councilman Danny Dromm of Queens wants to close Rikers Island. The Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association has something to say about that this election season. In J…
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Amsterdam News: Coba battles those who want to close Rikers Island
COBA battles those who want to close Rikers Island Stephon Johnson | February 10, 2017 New York City Councilman Danny Dromm of Queens wants to close Rikers Island. The Correction Officers’ Benevolen…
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close rikers’ activists close in on de blasio re-election fundraiser
Metro As Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomed guests for a private re-election fundraiser in Park Slope Monday night, a group of uninvited visitors gathered outside to give them an earful about the problems…
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Summary of Select Reports & Papers OnCriminal Justice Reform
Published January 2017 Over the last five years, an increasing number of reports, papers, and studies have been published about the causes, effects, and multiple dimensions of mass incarceration – a…
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portland pilot program gets people charged with low level offenses help, not jail time
The Skanner To lower the number of people entering the criminal justice system, a program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, puts treatment ahead of arrests. In the coming months Port…
