Katal in the News

By Caroline Lewis, Gothamist November 26, 2025 Sixty percent of the nearly 7,000 inmates at Rikers Island in October required mentalhealth services, up from 42% in a 2016, according to a new report fr…

Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing inBrooklyn court Friday morning. The judge was then expected to release him fro…

While running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani pledged to shutterRikers Island and shrink the city’s jail population. Now, as he prepares to take office in just over a month and a…

Written by Chris Gelardi for New York Focus9/25/2025 Leaders of New York’s corrections oversight agency held their monthly public meetingWednesday. There was much they could have discussed: The stat…

Written by Tandy Lau for New York Amsterdam News on 9/18/25 A bill package strengthening prison oversight remains unsigned by Gov. Kathy Hochulafter passing the state legislature right before the 2025…

Written by Shane O’Brien for AMNY on 9/9/25 Elected officials and criminal justice advocates have welcomed a New York StateSupreme Court ruling on Monday that struck down an executive order issued b…

Written by Adam Daly for AMNY A man died in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday night after suffering whatappeared to be a seizure, the city’s Department of Correction said. He is the 12th persont…

Written by Rebecca C. Lewis at City & State New York 6/11/2025 In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at MarcyCorrectional Facility late last year, lawmakers in…

With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package Written by Briana Supardi at CBS 6 Albany 6/10/2025 With just days left in the legislative session, New York lawmakers aremakin…

By Jeongyoon Han at WXXI News PR June 10, 2025 Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly agreed late Monday on a set of prisonreforms that would increase oversight in New York correctional facilities…

By Robert Gavin at Buffalo News Jun 1, 2025 ALBANY – In the five months after prison officers beat 43-year-old Robert Brooks to death inMarcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, the state&#8…