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less crime, and fewer incarcerations
Harvard Overflowing prison populations and high rates of violent crime once made New York City a metaphor for the urban decay confronting America’s cities. But over the last two decades […]
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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…
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why we’re marching to close rikers
GothamGazette For years, New Yorkers have been barraged by stories of violence and corruption on Rikers Island. On Saturday, September 24, hundreds of New Yorkers — including people who have [&h…
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taking the lead
kboo Hosted by: Doug McVay Produced by: KBOO Program: Prison Pipeline Air date: Mon, 09/05/2016 – 6:30pm to 7:00pm Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a pre-booking diversion pilot…
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the time to close rikers island is now
NewYorkNonprofit Media Closing Rikers Island has been both a professional and personal goal for many years. My first experience with New York City’s human grist mill happened when I was […]
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ithaca plan: services, not jail, is part of answer
Pressconnects In Ithaca, some people are caught in a revolving door with law enforcement, and police and community members alike say it’s time for a new approach. Next year, Ithaca will try [&…
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low-level drug offenders find new source of addiction help
The Ledger SEATTLE — When pondering how to keep low-level drug offenders out of jail, officials in Albany, New York, faced a challenge: How could they pay for a case […]
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how the city of albany is advancing smart criminal justice reform
HuffPost Yesterday marked the launch of Albany’s innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, making New York’s capital city the first jurisdiction on the East Coast, and only the…
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ungass international delegation tour – chicago
ChicagoEvents The Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice is working with the Open Society Foundations and the Illinois Consoritum on Drug Policy, Roosevelt University as well as Workers Center…
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the ithaca plan follows a tried history of drug strategies
Pressconnects The release of The Ithaca Plan, the city’s new municipal drug policy strategy, attracted national headlines for some of its “outrageous” concepts. It’s garnere…
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how the heroin epidemic differs in communities of color
PBS Most of the media attention in the current nationwide heroin epidemic has focused on the uptick in overdose deaths among suburban, white, middle-class users — many of whom turned […]
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marking a transition: lorenzo jones works to build a national movement for health, equity, and justice
HuffPost “I am the sum of all my experiences.” – El Hajj Malilk El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) Earlier this month, Lorenzo Jones announced his transition out of A Better Way Foundation (AB…
