Katal in the News

By: Tandy Lau via Amsterdam News Marvin Pines is the first person to die in Department of Corrections (DOC) custody this year. The 65-year-old was pronounced dead at the North […]

BY: ACLU via Black Star News NEW YORK CITY – Monday morning, the NYCLU, advocates and elected officials rallied outside of City Hall demanding transparency and accountability from the NYPD [……

By: Alex Putterman via CT Insider COVID-19 cases in Connecticut prisons have spiked this winter, Department of Correction data shows, resulting in a multi-week lockdown at the state’s largest fa…

By: Jaden Edison via The CT Mirror The state will close Willard Correctional Institution in Enfield by April 1, officials said Tuesday, making the prison the third in the last […]

By: Caroline Tien via CT Insider ENFIELD — One of the state’s 20 correctional institutions will shut down this spring as the prison population continues to drop. The Willard Correctional…

By: Communities United for Police Reform via Black Star News New York, NY – Wednesday, 78 organizations sent a letter calling on Speaker Adrienne Adams and the City Council to […]

By: Reuven Blau via The City The figures are grim: There were 477 stabbings and slashings in New York City jails last year. That’s up from 420 in 2021 and […]

By: Alan J. Krawitz via African American Voice NEW YORK — Rikers Island jail is waging its own war.  At issue is whether a federal receiver takes the reins of the […]

By: Tandy Lau via Amsterdam News Edgardo Mejias is the 19th person to die in—or shortly after in—Department of Corrections (DOC) custody this year. The 39-year-old was pronounced dead at [……