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Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: Formerly incarcerated New Yorker now fights for prison reform for the youth
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Formerly Incarcerated New Yorker Now Fights for Prison Reform for the Youth By Clarissa Sosin via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange | April 25, 2018 NEW YORK — Herbert Murray, more than 6 fee…
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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 […]
