Katal in the News

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…

Sheriff Apple, activists push for substance use treatment in jails Few New York jails, prisons offer medication assistance to those battling substance use disorder Albany Times Union By Bethany Bump A…

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…

New York lawmaker pushes parole system overhaul By David Klepper, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposal in the New York Legislature would overhaul the state’s parole system to shift its…

Will Cy Vance redeem his reputation among liberals? The Manhattan DA is making some reforms, but not all advocates are mollified. By ANDREW KESHNER via City & State | OCTOBER 4, 2018 For a prosec…

Overdose Awareness Day, a call for wider access to addiction medicine, opioid antidote By Bethany Bump via Times Union | August 31, 2018 ALBANY — “After we take a moment of silence,” Kei…

Today marks three years since Kalief Browder took his own life after serving three years at Rikers Island for a crime he did not commit. Now, activists are working to change the bail laws that kept Ka…

Heard Around Town  City & State  Heard Around Town  By Jeff Colin  Criminal justice reform advocates aren’t giving up on bills to eliminate cash bail. The Katal Center for He…

Her son needed help. It never came. By Bethany Bump, Albany Times Union Poestenkill Julie Roy had just dropped her son off at his grandparents when, not an hour later, she got the call. “Julie…

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…

As deaths soar, advocates push controversial sites Albany — On first encounter, Luke Grandis is sometimes taken for a cop. Clean-cut, bespectacled, wearing a crisp shirt, navy blue tie and neatly bu…

As the death toll rises, New York state and care providers still struggle to address crisis. On that first day at the hospital, her son hooked to a ventilator, Tracy Minor was furious. Her son. Her st…