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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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‘i lost four years with my father’: protesters renew calls to shut down rikers
Rewire Rikers has become a symbol among activists of a rotten prison system, plagued with a history of reported excessive force used against inmates. More than 275 protesters held a march on Sunday to…
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held indefinitely: will anything ever change at rikers island?
City & State New York Last fall, a group of New School students decided to participate in some subway vandalism. After noticing the official MTA subway map didn’t have Rikers Island labeled, the…
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spending per inmate in city jails reaches $132,019
Amsterdam News The rate of fight and assault infractions in New York City jails skyrocketed 25 percent in Fiscal Year 2016, even as per-inmate spending grew to $132,019 and the average daily number of…
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defender organizations, elected officials call on cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation
Amsterdam News The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services joined with other defender organizations, community advocates, stakeholders and elected officials this week calling on Gov. Andrew C…
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amsterdam news: defender organizations, elected officials call on cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation
Defender organizations, elected officials call on Cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation by CYRIL JOSH BARKER via Amsterdam News | 12/1/2016 The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Ser…
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the week ahead in new york politics, november 14
Gotham Gazette Members of the media, people in politics, and many others continue to explain Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the Presidential race, and to monitor his transition efforts. There…
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Event Recap – Launch of Better By Half report
Event Recap for Launch of Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety Report Details How New York City Cut Incarceration by 50% While Be…
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event at harvard club to launch new report: better by half: the new york city story of winning large-scale decarceration while increasing public safety
Press Advisory – Report Embargoed until 12 p.m. on Friday, Oct 28, 2016 Contact: gabriel sayegh (646) 335-2264 Event at Harvard Club to Launch New Report: Better by Half: The New York City Story…
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Harvard Gazette: less crime, and fewer incarcerations
Less crime, and fewer incarcerations by Sibella Matthews via The Harvard Gazette | October 28, 2016 Overflowing prison populations and high rates of violent crime once made New York City a metaphor…
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New Report: Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety
For Immediate Release Harvard Kennedy School: Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy The Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management; Justice Strategies: Katal Center October 28, 2016 Contact:…
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NYT: Don’t lock ’em up. Give ’em a chance to quit drugs.
Don’t Lock ’Em Up. Give ’Em a Chance to Quit Drugs. By Caroline Preston via New York Times | Oct. 25, 2016 By the time the police found him smoking crack in a Seattle parking garage one afte…
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video: violence in the city jails and the push to close rikers
CityLimits It’s been more than two years since The New York Times and the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara exposed a crisis of violence, deprivation and mistreatment on Rikers Island, and…
