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Rikers in Crisis– Another Person Dies at Notorious Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestNY Rikers in Crisis– Another Per…
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RELEASE: Families, Community Groups, and Directly Impacted People Protest Outside DOC Headquarters
Katal Center Equity, Health, and Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | ##Free…
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ADVISORY – Families, Community Groups, and Directly Impacted People Protest Outside DOC Headquarters to Demand Governor and DOC Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19
**MEDIA ADVISORY** August 31, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #FreeThemNowCT | www.katalcenter.org Families, Community Groups, and Dir…
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Another Person Dies at Rikers– 12th Death This Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 15, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestNY Another Person Dies at Rikers– 12th…
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Another Person Incarcerated in Connecticut Dies from COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 8, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #FreeThemNowCT Another Person Incarcerated in Conne…
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Navigating the Perils of Community Supervision — and Working Together to Make Change
By gabriel sayegh When my brother Malakkar was finally released from federal prison, his family and friends were of course relieved. But we were also nervous, because the ordeal wasn’t […]
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Another Person Dies at Rikers– 2nd Death Within 24 Hours
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestNY Another Person Dies at Rikers– 2nd D…
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As ct legislature convenes for 2021, impacted people & community groups call on lawmakers to cut correctional populations, shut down prisons, and invest the savings into communities most impacted by mass incarceration
Posted on January 06, 2021 Wednesday, January 6th, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kenyatta Thompson, kthompson@katalcenter.org | (860) 937-6094 Sumeet Sharma, ssharma@katalcenter.org | (6…
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Katal Center Statement on the Deadly White Supremacist Mass Shooting in Buffalo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, May 15, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter Katal Center Responds to Deadly White Supremacist Mass Shooti…
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Reflections on Mayor Eric Adams: The Poor Man’s Rudy Giuliani
By: Lorenzo Jones via Medium The smoke hadn’t cleared from the New Year’s fireworks when newly elected Mayor Eric Adams launched into action to undo any perception of progress in […]
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Advocates Make 11th Hour Pitch For Compassionate Release
By: Katie Cerulle via CTNewsJunkie Hartford, CT — Advocates seeking compassionate release from prison during public health emergencies like COVID rallied at the state Capitol hours before they…
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Press Release: #FreeThemNowCT Action at the Capitol
Katal Center Equity, Health, and Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter |…
