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“Our elected officials are threatening hard-fought reforms designed to counteract the historic – and present – racism in law enforcement that targets my neighbors and eventually will target my son.…

ByAlice L. Fontier 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Education Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: To Increase Public Safety, New York Must Invest in Families

“We must reject efforts to roll back Raise the Age and stop scapegoating children and youth for the decades-long failure of government to invest equitably in them and their communities…

ByJennifer March 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: New York Should Reject a Return to Private Prison Labor

“Gov. Hochul’s plan will not end our abusive prison labor system. New York must end the practice of forced labor and extend worker protections to all New Yorkers for the…

ByJackie Goldzweig Panitz

ByRosemary Rivera 0Comments

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Oct 2021

Government Justice

Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers

Beginning this week, the city and state will begin transferring around 230 detainees being held at the troubled New York City jail complex to state correctional facilities in Westchester, what…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2021

In Depth Investigations Justice

As Conditions at Rikers Reach Crisis Levels, Concerns About Heat Persist

Dozens of men splitting a single jug of water, sweating walls in cell units, inmates sucking air from cracks under doors—these are just some of the conditions inmates and advocates…

ByLiz Donovan 2Comments

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Aug 2021

Justice Opinion

Opinion: Solitary Confinement by Any Other Name is Still Solitary, and Needs to End

‘New York City officials claim people in “alternatives to solitary” will have at least 10 hours of daily out-of-cell time, with counseling and programming. But their actual plan involves people…

ByTerry Allen Kupers 0Comments

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Aug 2021

Justice Opinion

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

‘Jail separates people from work and family, jeopardizes stable housing, and subjects them to violence, especially in inhumane environments like Rikers. Incarceration must be the option of last resort, used…

ByJonathan Lippman

ByCourtney Bryan 0Comments

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Aug 2021

ARTS and CULTURE Justice

NY Prison Arts and Reentry Programs Persist Throughout Pandemic

While the COVID-19 pandemic may have limited the intimacy of prison and reentry arts programs, many found ways to continue to teach, appreciate and showcase the work of incarcerated artists…

ByGriffin Kelly 2Comments

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Jul 2021

Government Justice

Advocates Continue to Press for In-Person Voting at NYC Jails

Between June 2020 and the end of June 2021, DOC officials submitted nearly 1,800 voter registrations, ballot requests, and ballots to the city Board of Elections on behalf of those…

ByEse Olumhense 0Comments

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Jul 2021

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Justice-Involved New Yorkers Need Access to Higher Education

‘As New York City looks toward investing in opportunities for people with justice involvement, it is imperative that they fund higher education services as a part of reentry. We must…

ByCamilla Broderick 0Comments

Opinion: Displacing and Jailing My Neighbors Does Not Make Me Safer

Opinion: To Increase Public Safety, New York Must Invest in Families

Opinion: New York Should Reject a Return to Private Prison Labor

Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers

As Conditions at Rikers Reach Crisis Levels, Concerns About Heat Persist

Opinion: Solitary Confinement by Any Other Name is Still Solitary, and Needs to End

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

NY Prison Arts and Reentry Programs Persist Throughout Pandemic

Advocates Continue to Press for In-Person Voting at NYC Jails

Opinion: Justice-Involved New Yorkers Need Access to Higher Education

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