Closing Rikers by August 31, 2027 is the law. Mayor Adams must follow it. Listen to Freedom Agenda member Peggy Herrera tell how she'll feel when Rikers closes.

#CloseRikers #GetRikersClosed #Decarcerate #Defend #Divest #Redistribute #NewYorkCity

🚨New Op-Ed dropped today‼️ ⬇️

Roy Savage’s family gathered at City Hall today with NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) & other community members after Roy’s tragic loss in DOC custody at Bellevue. City & state officials must act now to release people, stop sending people to deadly jails & protect the human rights of all New Yorkers

This Thursday at 6pm, the #BEYONDrosies campaign, including WCJA’s own Leah Faria, will join Mental Health Project and a remarkable group of partner organizations for a discussion on 'Decriminalizing Mental Health: Creating Healthy and Safe Communities.' Discover how you can become involved in…

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TOMORROW
April 11
Thursday,10am!

Family of Roy Savage, Community Members, and Lawmakers to Hold Rally following Roy’s Death in Custody

We Demand Action Now to Release People, Stop Sending People to Deadly Jails, and Protect All New Yorkers’ Human Rights!

#rikers
#nyc

🚨TAKE ACTION: We have the opportunity to win three #JusticeRoadmap bills in this year's budget. Help make prison phone calls free, end predatory court fees, and allow people to overturn wrongful convictions.

Email your legislators NOW: bit.ly/nyjustice2024

Closing Rikers by August 31, 2027 is the law. Mayor Adams must follow it. Listen to Khalil Sulker tell how he'll feel when Rikers closes.

#CloseRikers #GetRikersClosed #Decarcerate #Defend #Divest #Redistribute #NewYorkCity

We have stood beside Nicholas’s family with others for years. 🙏🏽

The family and community has always demanded accountability!

We know that zero harm should come to anyone due to inhumane conditions in NYC DOC!
#CloseRikers
#HumanRights
#NicholasFeliciano
#jailsactioncoalition

This morning we stand with Madeline Feliciano and the entire family of her grandson Nicholas, and demand accountability to #CloseRikers . NOT ONE MORE PERSON should be harmed by the hellhole of #Rikers Island.

It’s never too late to celebrate a people’s victory! And tonight, we’re thrilled to gather with everyone who made the #HowManyStopsAct a reality!

The Graduate Center Data Collaborative for Justice Vera Institute of Justice Kim notes that while jail populations did decline after the reforms took place, racial disparities did not.

The Graduate Center Data Collaborative for Justice Vera Institute of Justice Rene Ropac NYCourts NYC Criminal Justice Agency Freedom Agenda Join An Organization Fighting For Justice Bail reform has had a huge impact on people who were able to avoid jail, says Join An Organization Fighting For Justice: the thousands of people who 'don't have to experience the humans right crisis happening on Rikers.'

'Bail reform has saved lives.'

Mayor Adams promised to 'close the pipelines that feed #Rikers ,' but is instead sending more young adults there, where they are denied education and subjected to rampant abuse and violence. We need to invest in communities, #decarcerate and #CloseRikers

Closing Rikers by August 31, 2027 is the law. Mayor Adams must follow it. Listen to Jose Perez @cdfnewyork tell how he'll feel when Rikers closes.
#CloseRikers #GetRikersClosed #Decarcerate #Defend #Divest #Redistribute #NewYorkCity

Research has shown that increasing incarceration through harsher penalties is one of the least effective ways to improve public safety; including deterring retail theft. Thank you to Carl E. Heastie for urging the assembly to instead focus on comprehensive solutions that work.