Katal in the News

Defender organizations, elected officials call on Cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation by CYRIL JOSH BARKER via Amsterdam News | 12/1/2016 The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Ser…

Gotham Gazette Members of the media, people in politics, and many others continue to explain Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the Presidential race, and to monitor his transition efforts. There…

Less crime, and fewer incarcerations by Sibella Matthews via The Harvard Gazette | October 28, 2016 Overflowing prison populations and high rates of violent crime once made New York City a metaphor…

Don’t Lock ’Em Up. Give ’Em a Chance to Quit Drugs. By Caroline Preston via New York Times | Oct. 25, 2016 By the time the police found him smoking crack in a Seattle parking garage one afte…

CityLimits It’s been more than two years since The New York Times and the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara exposed a crisis of violence, deprivation and mistreatment on Rikers Island, and…

Why We’re Marching to Close Rikers September 23, 2016 | by Glenn E. Martin & Anna Pastoressa via Gotham Gazette For years, New Yorkers have been barraged by stories of violence and corruptio…

GothamGazette For years, New Yorkers have been barraged by stories of violence and corruption on Rikers Island. On Saturday, September 24, hundreds of New Yorkers — including people who have spe…

NewYorkNonprofit Media Closing Rikers Island has been both a professional and personal goal for many years. My first experience with New York City’s human grist mill happened when I was only 16 year…

Pressconnects In Ithaca, some people are caught in a revolving door with law enforcement, and police and community members alike say it’s time for a new approach. Next year, Ithaca will try a…