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Amsterdam News: activists: reducing parole violations will better life after prison and cut prison costs
Amsterdam News
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, pa…
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Politics NY: criminal justice reform advocates push legislation giving parolees “earned time credit”
Politics NY
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 t…
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JJIE: Nonprofits Push Parole Reform and Housing for Parolees
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
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 o…
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Gotham Gazette: Key Fixes for New York’s Broken Parole System Await the Governor’s Signature
Gotham Gazette
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…
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video – #lessismoreny – katal member avion joins “it’s coffie time” with professor coffie
It's Coffie Time with Professor Coffie
Katal Center member Avion was a guest on It’s Coffie Time with Professor Coffie. He spoke about #LessIsMoreNY, and the positive impact the bill will have once signed into law by Governor Cuomo…
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QNS: bill that would reduce re-incarceration due to minor parole violations awaits cuomo’s signature
QNS
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 mi…
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The City: another man died at rikers as lawmakers voted on parole bill that might have saved him
The City
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. T…
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BronxNet – the bronx social justice and anti-violence forums | katal center for equity, health, and justice
BronxNet
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…
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Gothamist: New York Legislature Passes Parole Reform Bill Intended to Slash Prison Population
Gothamist
By George Joseph | via Gothamist Albany has passed a new law designed to curb the number of people sent back to prison for non-criminal parole violations. If signed into law by Governor Cuomo, the …
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Spectrum News 1 – state of politics: can criminal justice measures reach the finish line?
Spectrum News 1 – State of Politics
By Nick Reisman | via Spectrum News 1 – State of Politics State lawmakers are bumping up against the self-imposed Thursday deadline to finish out the legislative session and a pair of key crimi…
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The City: parole reform bill set to pass in albany after rikers deaths
The City
By Reuven Blau | via The City State lawmakers struck a deal Tuesday to overhaul New York’s parole system to limit when formerly incarcerated people could be re-jailed. Under the “Less Is More Act…
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The City: death of two men at rikers — one held on shoplifting rap — amplifies push to overhaul parole rules
The City
By Reuven Blau | via The City Two men locked up on low-level arrests that violated their parole — one of them a new father jailed for allegedly shoplifting — recently died behind bars on Rikers I…
