[Kenneth P. Thompson]
Lu-Shawn Thompson: “My husband was a man of vision. He believed in the power of second chances and thought everyone should have the opportunity to overcome mistakes from their past. During his time in office, he fought to lighten the penalties for those charged with low level offenses and exonerated over 20 wrongfully accused persons.”
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[COVID-19 & Prisons]
JLUSA: “Prisons and jails are quickly becoming hotbeds for coronavirus… Prisons and jails consistently have poor health conditions and facilitate the rapid spread of disease. The coronavirus crisis is simply shining a light on these flaws.”
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[Bronx\Pretrial Reforms]
Advocates are calling on Bronx District Attorney Clark to begin implementation of the new law now. The advocates report that other district attorneys plan to use trickery and stall tactics to undermine the smooth and complete implementation of the new laws.
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[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 people in prison counted at their home addresses when redrawing state and local district lines. Today, my legislation builds upon this and the promise of equal protection and our democracy’s linchpin of one-person one-vote…As a professor of African-American Studies, I know all too well the horrid evolution of Black people in America: from the Transatlantic journey to the sharecropper; from the Black Codes to the mass incarceration and hyper-policing of communities of color.
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[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 plan to dramatically shrink our incarcerated population, improve conditions for all who are incarcerated, and reduce our reliance on the criminal legal system so that we may redirect resources to communities harmed by mass incarceration. The Bronx Freedom Fund envisions a world that addresses injustice and harm without incarceration.”
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[New York News\# Close Rikers Campaign]
The City Council will vote on Thursday to approve the largest land use action in the history of New York City, which would implement a plan that would shrink the system from 12 jails to four borough-based facilities with improved conditions and permanently reduce the City’s capacity to detain anyone from 15,000 beds to 3,300 — the lowest jail bed count in over 100 years.
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[Correction News]
Activist Darren Mack: “As long as anybody is detained or incarcerated in this country, we must fight to guarantee they are not trapped in inhumane, torturous conditions.”
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