#CLOSERIKERS CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK STATE SENATOR PARKER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ALLOW VOTING RIGHTS TO INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS
[Mass Incarceration\Voting Rights] NY State Senator Kevin Parker: “When Senate Democrats were in the majority in 2010 we enacted fair, common-sense laws to have ...
CLOSE RIKERS ADVOCATES: NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS “WORSENING CULTURE OF VIOLENCE” AT RIKERS ISLAND
[Incarceration News\Rikers Island] Each year, these Nunez reports further expose something advocates have long known: an untenable culture of abuse exists at Rikers, harming ...
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE CITY COUNCIL VOTE THAT PAVES WAY TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND
[New York News\Mass Incarceration] Elena Weissman, Director, Bronx Freedom Fund: “In solidarity with the CLOSErikers campaign, we applaud the Council for approving this historic ...
#CLOSE RIKERS ADVOCATES WILL MARCH ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO RALLY AT CITY HALL
[New York News\# Close Rikers Campaign] The City Council will vote on Thursday to approve the largest land use action in the history of ...
CLOSE RIKERS CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES PLAN THAT WOULD LEAD TO RIKERS ISLAND CLOSING
[New York News] Brandon James: “Today, the City Planning Commission certified the ULURP application for the borough-based facilities that will enable the closure of ...
ADVOCATES PROTEST INHUMANE CONDITION AT NEW YORK CITY JAILS DURING SUMMER HEATWAVE
[Correction News] Activist Darren Mack: “As long as anybody is detained or incarcerated in this country, we must fight to guarantee they are not ...
