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Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic Bill Advances Out of CT Joint JudiciaryCommittee
Yale Law School News April 8, 2025 On April 7, the Connecticut Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, S.B. 1502 (CT DVSJA),successfully passed out of the Joint Judiciary Committee of the […]
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5 Rikers Detainees Have Already Died This Year as Crisis Worsens
By Hurubie Meko and Jan Ransom at the NYTimes April 1, 2025 In the first three months of the year, five people have died at the Rikers Island jail complex […]
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As Deaths Mount in New York Jails and Prisons, Advocates Rally for Oversight: Reporters’ Notebook
By Chris Gelardi at New York FocusMarch 29, 2025 Over the past three months, New York Focus has reported extensively on the New York stateprison system’s descent into tumult. An […]
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NY lawmakers say colleagues are stalling prison oversight bill
By Jeongyoon Han at WXXI March 25, 2025 A push to expand the state’s independent prison oversight body appears to have stalled in theAssembly. The effort comes after Robert Brooks […]
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Advocates at state Capitol call for better prison, jail oversight
By WNYT at News Channel 13 March 25, 2025 People at the New York State Capitol are calling for more oversight of prisons and jails.This comes as the safety of […]
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Woman detainee dies at Rikers, fourth death in 30 days amid spike in NYC jails population
By Graham Rayman at the Daily NewsMarch 20, 2025 A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources. The death, an […]
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‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission releases new blueprint for island jail’s closure
By Jada Camille at amNYMarch 19th, 2025 The Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a critical blueprint for reform [&h…
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City cannot shut Rikers by 2027, landmark report finds
By Jacob Kaye at Queens Daily EagleMarch 19th, 2025 In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current […]
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Connecticut organization fights food insecurity by teaching farming
By Sydney Boyo at NBC ConnecticutMarch 9th, 2025 Over 465,000 people in Connecticut are food insecure, according to Connecticut Foodshare, and learning how to farm can help combat this. Hundreds [&hel…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ plans to allow ICE into Rikers worry immigrant rights advocates
By Bianca Gonzalez at PrismMarch 4th, 2025 Adams has not yet issued the executive order, but immigrant rights groups say the move would target immigrants presumed innocent while awaiting trial [&helli…
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
By Rebecca C. Lewis at City and StateFebruary 24th, 2025 The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that certain provisions…
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“He’s not standing up”: Protesters want Hakeem Jeffries to lead an aggressive opposition to Trump
Author: Russell Payne with Salon2/21/25 Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside the central Brooklyn office of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. D-N.Y., on Thursday to demand that the minority leader put up [&he…
