FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: #CLOSErikers Campaign Holds Major Rally to Demand City Move Forward Immediately with Clear Plans to Close Rikers Island
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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 too long
New York, NY – Hundreds of members of the #CLOSErikers campaign gathered today at City Hall to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio take immediate action on his commitment to close Rikers Island. Advocates declared the Mayor’s proposed ten-year timeline to close Rikers is too long. They demanded the Mayor appoint someone to lead a speedy process of closing the facility, put forward a serious plan for closure, and immediately act on criminal justice reforms to reduce the Rikers population.
Statement from Glenn E. Martin, JustLeadershipUSA and Gabriel Sayegh, Katal Center For Health, Equity, and Justice On Release of Report From The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform
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Glenn E. Martin, President and Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, and Gabriel Sayegh, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice are leaders in the #CLOSErikers campaign. They issued the following statements in response to the release of the report from the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform.
Statement from Glenn E. Martin, JustLeadershipUSA and Gabriel Sayegh, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Announcement to Close Rikers
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Glenn E. Martin, President and Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, and Gabriel Sayegh, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice are leaders in the #CLOSErikers campaign. They issued the following statements in response to the announcement from Mayor Bill de Blasio that Rikers Island will be closed.
#CLOSErikers Campaign Applauds Mayor de Blasio For Joining The Movement
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CONTACT: Emily NaPier, Dir. of Public Affairs, [email protected] or 315.243.5135
March 31, 2017
Following Relentless Advocacy from the #CLOSErikers Campaign, City Hall Joins the Effort to #CLOSErikers and Begin Building Communities
Read moreStatement from Glenn E. Martin, JustLeadershipUSA and Gabriel Sayegh, Katal Center for Health, Equity, And Justice On Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Announcement Of Reentry Services For People In New York City Jails
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Glenn E. Martin, President and founder of JustLeadershipUSA, and gabriel sayegh, Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice are leaders in the #CLOSErikers campaign. They issued the following statements in response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement today that people in New York City jails will receive reentry services.
Read moreAkeem Browder Joins Criminal Justice Reform Advocates to Lobby Albany to Pass “Kalief’s Law”
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Contact: Thomas Meara | Email: [email protected] | Phone: (718) 309-3506
Without Speedy Trial Reform, People Will Continue Being Unnecessarily Detained Pre-Trial for Intolerably Long Periods
Read moreStatement from Glenn E. Martin, JustLeadershipUSA and Gabriel Sayegh, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice On Mayor Bill De Blasio’s Announcement of the Reduction in New York City’s Jail Population
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Glenn E. Martin, President and founder of JustLeadershipUSA, and Gabriel Sayegh, Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice are leaders in the #CLOSErikers campaign. They issued the following statements in response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement that the New York City jail population has declined dramatically since he took office.
Read more#CLOSErikers Group to Protest De Blasio At Fundraiser In Florida
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CONTACT:
Gabriel Sayegh, Katal Center, 646-335-2264, [email protected]
Janos Marton, JLUSA, 917-848-6915, [email protected]
March 3, 2017
NY group joins Florida criminal justice reform advocates to protest mass incarceration and the need to close poor functioning jails.
Read moreVIDEO: #CLOSErikers NOW Mayor de Blasio!
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“Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly failed to confront a human rights atrocity right in his own backyard. To live up to his own progressive values of justice, fairness, and equality, he must take action and close Rikers now,” said Glenn E. Martin, President and founder of JustLeadershipUSA. “New York City’s reputation as a sanctuary city is tarnished by the ongoing criminalization of thousands of its own residents who suffer unnecessarily in disgraceful and dangerous conditions.”
Read moreEvent at Harvard Club to Launch New Report: Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety
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Event at Harvard Club to Launch New Report:
Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety
Report Details How New York City Cut Incarceration by 50%
While Becoming the Nation’s Safest Large City
New York: New York City’s sustained and dramatic reductions in incarceration and crime rates point to strategies to safely and significantly cut imprisoned populations in other cities and states, according to a new publication by Judith Greene and Vincent Schiraldi, entitled Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration While Increasing Public Safety.
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