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making sense of the fight over nyc jails
Making Sense of the Fight over NYC Jails By gabriel sayegh Aerial view of Rikers Island, Photo Credit: Associated Press The fight to close Rikers is reaching a boiling point […]
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release: leaders of the #closerikers movement rally at city hall in push to close the notoriously violent jail complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yan Snead, ysnead@katalcenter.org | 518.360.1534 Thomas Meara, tmeara@kivvit.com | 718.309.3506 Leaders of the #CLOSErikers Movement Rally at City Hall in Push to Cl…
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statement on important steps forward to advance the process of closing rikers island
Statement from gabriel sayegh, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice on Important Steps Forward to Advance the Process of Closing Rikers Island “Today…
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statement on gmdc closure on rikers island
Statement from gabriel sayegh, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice on GMDC Closure on Rikers Island “Mayor de Blasio is getting 2018 off on the righ…
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what’s cooking at katal: a letter from katal’s co-executive directors
As we expand our work in Connecticut and New York to end mass incarceration and the drug war, we’re building new partnerships and pivoting to tackle new challenges. To gear […]
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for immediate release: #closerikers campaign holds major rally to demand city move forward immediately with clear plans to close rikers island
Closerikers.org One year after public launch of Campaign, and weeks after Mayor Bill de Blasio announces his support to close Rikers, hundreds gather to declare the proposed ten-year timeline is [&hel…
