State Board of Education Must Reject Application to Re-Open Youth Prison as a Charter School
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestCT State Board of Education Must Reject Application to Re-Open Youth Prison as a Charter School Hartford, CT – Tonight at 6 pm, the State Board of Education conducted a public hearing on the application for the […]
Katal 2022 Stewardship Letter
3 January 2023 Dear friends, As we step into 2023 and the fights ahead, we’re also reflecting on the past year – the challenges we faced, the accomplishments, some losses and, fortunately, some victories. Katal marked its sixth anniversary, and in many ways we’ve really come into our own. Here are some of our highlights […]
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 | (646) 591-9483 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutINVEST 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 […]
Kenyatta Muzzanni: Connecticut proposals would criminalize young people in insidious new ways
By Kenyatta Muzzani Via Hartford Courant In the past two years, Connecticut residents pushed for and won major reforms of the criminal legal system, including passing legislation on police accountability and the erasure of certain convictions through Clean Slate. And we achieved these victories during one of the largest civil rights uprisings against systemic racism in U.S. history, an […]
connecticut update – may 13, 2021
In this issue… A #CutShutINVEST Community Conversation CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Ending Prison Gerrymandering in CT A #CutShutINVEST Community Conversation We had a warm and impactful #CutShutINVEST Community Conversation last night, moderated by Katal members Nikki and Tiffany! At the top of the event, we held a moment of silence for those who had passed away […]
connecticut update – april 29, 2021
In this issue… Tell Gov. Lamont: Keep CJTS Closed and #CutShutINVEST #CutShutINVEST Community Conversation CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Tell Gov. Lamont: Keep CJTS Closed and #CutShutINVEST In March, Governor Ned Lamont proposed re-opening a youth prison with a proven and documented history of abuse in order to “house” unaccompanied children migrating to the U.S. — This should […]
connecticut update – april 15, 2021
In this issue… Katal Connecticut Update Pushing Back on the Reopening of a Youth Prison Connecticut BLOC Roundtable Meeting Katal Connecticut Update Welcome to our new bi-weekly Katal Connecticut Update! We announced in March that, after nearly 5 years, we’re ending the Katal Weekly Update, and moving to two separate email updates — one for […]
middletown press: child advocates decry idea of housing migrant children at former ct detention facility as ‘step backward’
Child advocates decry idea of housing migrant children at former CT detention facility as ‘step backward’ By Cassandra Day | via Middletown Press April 13, 2021 Several advocacy groups across the state are criticizing the Lamont administration’s perceived interest in the state’s former juvenile detention center as a location for housing unaccompanied migrant youth, with one […]
how the drug war is propelling the overdose crisis in new haven
By Keith Brown and Lorenzo Jones Over the last few weeks in New Haven, Connecticut, nearly 100 people have experienced an overdose and other bad symptoms from K2 or “spice.” As authorities and local leaders take action to address the crisis, it’s time to look at the actual factors driving this problem, and demand sensible […]
city heads west for a policing lead
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 found it. At least three of the mission’s members said they did. Now they plan to bring the idea to downtown and the Hill […]
