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Daren Jamie | via BronxNet Host Daren Jaime sits down with Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice member Avion Gordon to discuss #LessIsMoreNY Act and the need to reform New York’s parole system. For more information on BronxNet visit us at https://bronxnet.org/ Watch the interview here!
next city: new york could reform parole, help thousands of people, and save millions
By Roshan Abraham | via Next City At a July 15 rally outside Governor Cuomo’s midtown Manhattan office, Rashaan Brown said he was working as a credible messenger — a person who has been involved with guns, but who now dissuades young people from gun violence. Brown, who has been home from prison for two years, […]
the city: rikers detainee endured ‘horrible conditions’ before dying in cell, jails overseer finds
By Reuven Blau | via The City A detainee was held in “horrible conditions” — no pillows, blankets or regular food — in an intake pen on Rikers Island for several days before his death in April, according to the city’s jail oversight board. Thomas Earl Braunson III, a 35-year-old new father jailed on a parole […]
amsterdam news: activists: reducing parole violations will better life after prison and cut prison costs
By Keith Paul Medelis | via Amsterdam News At a recent rally outside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, DeAndre Simmons clutched his hoodie as he walked slowly toward the impromptu microphone, pausing several times before the words came out. “I’m freaking nervous right now,” Simmons, 20, said. “Take your time!” someone in the crowd shouted […]
politics ny: criminal justice reform advocates push legislation giving parolees “earned time credit”
By Ariel Pacheco | via Politics NY Criminal justice reform advocates are ramping up the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign recently passed legislation that would give parolees a 30 day “earned time credit” reduction in their community supervision period for every 30 days they do not violate a conduct of supervision. The bill is […]
jjie: nonprofits push parole reform and housing for parolees
By Anna Deen | via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Since being released from New York City’s Rikers Island jail — where he’d been sentenced to four months for not being where his parole officer expected him to be on a certain day and time — Dakem Roberts has been living in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. It […]
gotham gazette: key fixes for new york’s broken parole system await the governor’s signature
By Yamirca Vazquez | via Gotham Gazette It wasn’t the eight months of military-style, intense shock incarceration that finally broke me; it was my parole officer. After my incarceration at Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility for non-violent offenders in Brocton, New York, I quickly realized I was living in constant fear of reincarceration. My parole officer […]
qns: bill that would reduce re-incarceration due to minor parole violations awaits cuomo’s signature
By Julia Moro | via QNS The state Assembly recently passed a parole reform bill that would break the cycle of re-incarceration that disproportionately affects communities of color. Non-criminal or minor parole violations would no longer result in re-incarceration with the Less is More Parole Reform Act. New York state sends more people to prison for […]
the city: another man died at rikers as lawmakers voted on parole bill that might have saved him
By Reuven Blau | via The City At around 2 p.m. on Thursday, lawmakers in the state Senate began voting to overhaul New York’s parole system following years of lobbying from experts and advocates. Two hours later, a correction officer found Jose Mejia Martinez — locked up on a parole violation tied to an arrest for […]
bronxnet – the bronx social justice and anti-violence forums | katal center for equity, health, and justice
Daren Jamie | via BronxNet Host Daren Jaime sits down with the Director of Community Organizing at Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, Kenyatta Muzzani discussing the organization utilizes organizing, advocacy, leadership development, and research to secure transformative and lasting change to advance health, equity, and justice. For more information on BronxNet visit us at […]
