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The Crime Report: Rethinking the nation’s prisons: Is America ready for reform?
Crime Report
Rethinking the Nation’s Prisons: Is America Ready for Reform? By TCR Staff via Crime Report | February 6, 2020 About 20 of the country’s leading experts, practitioners and policymakers on corr…
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Brooklyn Reporter: Brooklyn lawmakers seek to create hate crime exemption in bail reform law
Brooklyn Reporter
Brooklyn lawmakers seek to create hate crime exemption in bail reform law BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK via Brooklyn Reporter | JANUARY 16, 2020 BOROUGHWIDE — Following a recent spike in anti-Semitic i…
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Brooklyn Eagle: What to look for in criminal justice reform in New York in 2020
Brooklyn Eagle
What to look for in criminal justice reform in New York in 2020 by Noah Goldberg and David Brand via Brooklyn Eagle | January 1, 2020 Criminal justice reform had a banner […]
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Trinity College: Students engage with Hartford organizations through community learning at Trinity
Trinity College
Students Engage with Hartford Organizations through Community Learning at Trinity via Trinity College The classroom extended far beyond campus for students who took part in Trinity College’s Communi…
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City Limits: Grassroots movements are needed to end mass incarceration
City Limits
Opinion: Grassroots Movements are Needed to End Mass Incarceration by Lorenzo Jones and Gabriel Sayegh via City Limits | December 13, 2019 The 2020 presidential race is spurring more debate about…
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City & State: No new jails now has AOC on board, but opponents see a fatal flaw
City & State
No New Jails now has AOC on board, but opponents see a fatal flaw The prison abolitionists would keep people incarcerated in certain jails, for now. By JEFF COLTIN via City […]
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Buffalo News: Things to know about changes to New York State laws on discovery and bail
Buffalo News
Things to know about changes to New York State laws on discovery and bail By Aaron Besecker, Maki Becker via Buffalo News| Nov 21, 2019 Supporters of the sweeping changes […]
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Times Union: Arrest at UAlbany sparks student protests
Times Union
Arrest at UAlbany sparks student protests After incident involving visitor, who faces several charges, ’emergency’ town hall on racial climate planned Rachel Silberstein | November 9, 201…
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The New Republic: Imagining a world without prisons
The New Republic
Imagining a World Without Prisons On Thursday, the New York City Council will vote on shutting down the jails on Rikers Island. Should new ones replace them, or is it […]
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The City: What you need to know about the Rikers replacement vote
The City
What You Need to Know About the Rikers Replacement Vote BY RACHEL HOLLIDAY SMITH via The City | OCT 16, 2019 When the City Council meets Thursday, it will cast […]
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Spectrum News NY1: NYC to propose banning construction of new jails on Rikers Island
Spectrum News NY1
NYC to Propose Banning Construction of New Jails on Rikers Island BY GLORIA PAZMINO via Spectrum News NY1 | OCT. 09, 2019 The land Rikers Island was built on may […]
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New drug laws could worsen the opioid crisis. Connecticut can do better.
Hartford Courant
New drug laws could worsen the opioid crisis. Connecticut can do better. By Kenyatta Thompson and Lorenzo Jones via the Hartford Courant Last month, the Connecticut legislature ended its 2019 session…
