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Two More Incarcerated People in Connecticut Die from COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 20th, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @katalcenter Two More Incarcerated Peopl…
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Op-ed: Justice Reform Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
If You’re Really Behind Grassroots Movements, Get Out of the Way By Lorenzo Jones Over the past 10–15 years, the political landscape in the U.S. has undergone monumental change with [&hellip…
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Statement In Response Announcement of the New DOC Commissioner and the Ongoing Crisis on Rikers Island
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 16th, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @katalcenter The Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice R…
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op-ed: “this is your brain on racism”: reflections on the anti-drug abuse act of 1986
By gabriel sayegh This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which Congress passed four months after the death of University of Maryland star forward Len […]
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statement from leadership of the #lessismoreny coalition on sen. tedisco’s shameful and dishonest op-ed
**MEDIA ADVISORY** October 18, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Statement from Leadership of t…
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op-ed: transforming parole through racial justice and decarceration
By Imani Webb-Smith, Senior Policy Manager at Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice Until very recently, to be on parole supervision in New York State was to be subject […]
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press release – #lessismoreny coalition, made up of community and faith groups, law enforcement, victims rights orgs, and more — calls out union lies
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org #LessIsMoreNY Coalition Rallies at Bridge to Rikers Island, Confronts Un…
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press release – community groups, people and families impacted by mass incarceration, gather at rikers island bridge in support of #lessismoreny & criminal justice reforms
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Community Groups, People and Families Impacted by Mass Incarceration, Ga…
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press release – people impacted by rikers, with elected officials and community groups, demand mayor cut the correctional population, shut rikers, invest in communities
PRESS RELEASE September 22nd, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter At City Hall, People Impacted by Rik…
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advisory – community groups, people and families impacted by rikers, and elected officials to rally at city hall to demand on mayor de blasio to decarcerate
ADVISORY September 20th, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Crisis on Rikers Grows, 11th Death in Year at Notorious Facility Wednesday 9/22, 11 a.m.: Community G…
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press release – governor signs the #lessismoreny act into law
Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org Governor Kathy Hochul Signs the Less Is More Act, Transforma…
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press release – people formerly incarcerated at rikers and families testify at ny city council doc oversight hearing
PRESS RELEASE September 15th, 2021 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | 347-201-2768 Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY | www.lessismoreny.org People Formerly Incarcerated at Rikers…
