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City Limits: Top advocate says Cuomo, De Blasio both can do more to close Rikers
City Limits
Video: Top Advocate Says Cuomo, De Blasio Both Can do More to Close Rikers By Jarrett Murphy | April 6, 2018 In the wake of a state budget that whiffed […]
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NPR: ‘Decarcerating America’ is a powerful call for reform
NPR
‘Decarcerating America’ Is A Powerful Call For Reform By Martha Anne Toll via NPR | February 20, 2018 Criminalization is frequently America’s answer to social issues. This country c…
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PressConnects: New reports recommends changes to parole in NY, US
WXXI News
New reports recommends changes to parole in NY, US ASSOCIATED PRESS via WXXI News | January 29, 2018 ALBANY – Two new reports from Columbia University are raising questions about New […]
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City & State: Akeem Browder and gabriel sayegh talk Cuomo’s criminal justice reforms
City & State New York
akeem browder and gabriel sayegh talk cuomo’s criminal justice reforms By CITY & STATE | JANUARY 8, 2018 Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a number of sweeping criminal justice reform proposa…
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WNYC News: City takes first step towards shuttering jails on Rikers Island
WNYC News
City Takes First Step Towards Shuttering Jails on Rikers Island By Cindy Rodriguez | January 2, 2018 The de Blasio Administration said it will close the George Motchan Detention Center […]
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The Art Newspaper: Agnes Gund’s art for justice fund awards $22m in grants to activist groups and social programmes
The Art Newspaper
Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund awards $22m in grants to activist groups and social programmes As well as backing arts-focused initiatives, the money will help support organisations working to [&h…
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Film Screening and Discussion: presumed innocent (1979)
Interference Archive
Join us at Interference Archive for a critical look at Rikers Islands’ detention facilities, through the lens of both historic film and as well as the current organizing work of […]
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Erie County Eyes Albany Police Diversion Program
ALBANY, NY – Numbers from the Erie County Health Department show the opioid epidemic in the county could claim the lives of nearly 400 people by the end of the […]
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Opioid crisis response ‘too little, too late’
The Courier-Tribune
Opioid overdoses took 1,200 lives in North Carolina last year — part of an 800 percent increase since 1999 whose body count has now surpassed 12,000. So when lawmakers approved […]
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NAADAC opposes senate health repeal
Insurance Newsnet
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 — NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals issued the following news release: NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, joined 66 other leadin…
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News Observer: NC bill limiting availability of prescription pain killers signed into law
News Observer
NC bill limiting availability of prescription pain killers signed into law By Thomasi McDonald via News Observer | JUNE 29, 2017 Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law Thursday a bill […]
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Cooper to sign law limiting availability of prescription pain killers
News Observer
By Thomasi McDonald via News Observer RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law Thursday a bill that more closely regulates the prescribing of pain killers, which state officials say […]
