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city heads west for a policing lead
New Haven Independent
New Haven Independent Eleven New Haven officials and activists flew to Seattle to seek an effective alternative to locking up street hookers and nonviolent drug abusers. They come home convinced they…
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Kalief Browder’s brother pushes speedy trial reform in Albany
Albany Times-Union
Posted on March 27, 2017 TimesUnion Akeem Browder watched his brother go to 38 court appearances over a three-year period. As a 16-year-old, Kalief Browder was arrested in New York City for allegedly…
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commission for criminal justice reform seeks input at public hearing
Staten Island Advance
SILive STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.– Staten Islanders will have an opportunity to make sure their voices are heard about how to improve the New York City criminal justice system at a public hearing Wedne…
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Refinery29: Activewear brand chooses highly inappropriate name for its one-sized leggings
Refinery29
Activewear Brand Chooses Highly Inappropriate Name For Its One-Sized Leggings ANA COLON | MARCH 14, 2017 Today in cringe-worthy copywriting, New York-based activewear brand Phat Buddha is selling…
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the mayor is all out of answers
The Mayor Is All Out Of Answers
The Village Voice In the last State of the City address of his first term, Mayor Bill de Blasio stood on the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theater and returned to the theme of mounting inequality whic…
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coba battles those who want to close rikers island
New York Amsterdam News
Amsterdam News New York City Councilman Danny Dromm of Queens wants to close Rikers Island. The Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association has something to say about that this election season. In J…
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Amsterdam News: Coba battles those who want to close Rikers Island
Amsterdam News
COBA battles those who want to close Rikers Island Stephon Johnson | February 10, 2017 New York City Councilman Danny Dromm of Queens wants to close Rikers Island. The Correction Officers’ Benevolen…
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close rikers’ activists close in on de blasio re-election fundraiser
Metro
Metro As Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomed guests for a private re-election fundraiser in Park Slope Monday night, a group of uninvited visitors gathered outside to give them an earful about the problems…
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portland pilot program gets people charged with low level offenses help, not jail time
The Skanner
The Skanner To lower the number of people entering the criminal justice system, a program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, puts treatment ahead of arrests. In the coming months Port…
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‘i lost four years with my father’: protesters renew calls to shut down rikers
Rewire Rikers has become a symbol among activists of a rotten prison system, plagued with a history of reported excessive force used against inmates. More than 275 protesters held a march on Sunday to…
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held indefinitely: will anything ever change at rikers island?
City & State New York
City & State New York Last fall, a group of New School students decided to participate in some subway vandalism. After noticing the official MTA subway map didn’t have Rikers Island labeled, the…
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spending per inmate in city jails reaches $132,019
New York Amsterdam News
Amsterdam News The rate of fight and assault infractions in New York City jails skyrocketed 25 percent in Fiscal Year 2016, even as per-inmate spending grew to $132,019 and the average daily number of…
