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Katal’s #CLOSErikers Campaign Summary (Aug 2015 – Aug 2017)
In the summer of 2015, Katal partnered with JustLeadershipUSA and together founded, built, and directed the #CLOSErikers campaign. In the spring of 2017, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio finally agreed to shu…
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what’s cooking at katal: a letter from katal’s co-executive directors
As we expand our work in Connecticut and New York to end mass incarceration and the drug war, we’re building new partnerships and pivoting to tackle new challenges. To gear up for legislative advoca…
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event held to discuss future of rikers island
SILive STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — About 35 people gathered in the Recital Hall of the College of Staten Island Wednesday night to discuss the future of the Rikers Island jail facility. Everyone in at…
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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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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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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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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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how the city of albany is advancing smart criminal justice reform
HuffPost
April 1, 2026 First published in HuffPost by gabriel sayegh Yesterday marked the launch of Albany’s innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, making New York’s capital city 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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marking a transition: lorenzo jones works to build a national movement for health, equity, and justice
NorthEnd Agents
By gabriel sayegh First published in NorthEnd Agents, and cross-published in HuffPost “I am the sum of all my experiences.” – El Hajj Malilk El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) Earlier this month, Lorenz…
