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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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Human Rights Watch: 128 rights groups urge New York legislature to implement pretrial reforms
Human Rights Watch
128 Rights Groups Urge New York Legislature to Implement Pretrial Reforms Reforms Bring Fairness and Transparency to NY Criminal Legal System via Human Rights Watch The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo [&hel…
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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…
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Opinion: How New York is failing those left behind at Rikers Island
City Limits
by Erin Corbett and Keith Brown via City Limits Rikers, as usual, is in the news. From the calls for New York to move towards true decarceration by closing Rikers, to the heated […]
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Hartford Courant: Inmate who overdose on fentanyl at Hartford correctional center dies
Hartford Courant
By David Owens via the Hartford Courant HARTFORD, CT: One of the four inmates at the Hartford Correctional Center who overdosed on fentanyl Thursday night has died, a correction department official…
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Consider It: Broken prison system
Consider It
Posted on January 15, 2019 Hosted by journalist, Liz Plank, with political consultant, Shermichael Singleton. These political opposites will address the issues dividing our nation. Will Donald Trump b…
