Three current bills - the Earned Time Act, the Second Look Act, and the End Mandatory Minimums Act - would provide opportunities for people to earn release and address New York’s outdated sentencing laws without compromising public safety. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wItrk

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.

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TNJ is in Albany today offering REAL public safety solutions to our state’s mental health and substance use crises.

Just days after the 4 year anniversary of Daniel Prude's killing, NYPD took another life while responding to a call for help. A mental health crisis should not be a death sentence. We must develop a non-police emergency response system like Daniel’s Law nydailynews.com/2024/03/27/nyp…

The NYPD must release the names of all the officers involved in the killing of Win Rozario.

Reading this made me sick to my stomach. Our city has consistently failed to keep women in custody safe. Today I am thinking of the survivors who endured horrific abuse.

We need to shut down that hellhole and bulldoze the jails. Rikers is irredeemable.
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“Instead of a police response, mental health professionals should have been sent to him.” 🎯

Before being elected to the Assembly, Phara Souffrant Forrest worked as a maternal child field nurse, caring for new mothers after they gave birth. She was also president of her building’s tenant association before her time in office. #WomensHistoryMonth

I’m tired of this hamster wheel people call criminal justice reform!🙏🏽

Administrations come and go. All I hear is renamed ideas and recycled visions. Zero implementation, money wasted, LIVES LOST and still no accountability.💯

Ally’s only between 9-5 and while funding lasts.🚮

'The situation is untenable and cannot continue like this – it will only lead to more death and harm. Rikers must be shut down,' said Melanie in response to the recent investigation about rampant sexual abuse against women at Rikers. #ShutRikers
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Another New Yorker in mental distress seeking help has been killed by the NYPD. Our full statement here: changethenypd.org/releases/commu…

The NYPD must be removed from mental health response & the killers of #WinzinzentRozaro & too many others in mental distress must be fired.

Even DAs agree: “The lack of resources for youth and mental health are driving violence, subway crime and retail theft. I cannot prosecute my way out of this. … We must invest in communities.”

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The Senate One House proposed $58 million for the robust expansion of mental health & problem solving courts.

Doctors should be directing people to treatment so we don’t have to hear the same story of someone who clearly needed treatment hurting themselves & others.

Prisons fail us. They create violence and hardship, not safety. The Treatment Not Jail Act offers a better solution, aiming to divert thousands from incarceration to specialized treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues. This legislation aligns with the needs of…

In NY, 83% of people in prisons struggle with substance abuse, yet our system leans on incarceration rather than rehabilitation. The Act enhances treatment courts with evidence-based practices like personalized treatment plans, certified peers, and harm reduction strategies,…

It's time for NY lawmakers to listen: the TreatmentNotJailNY is the path forward and it must be passed NOW. We can build a safer, more compassionate New York by focusing on treatment, not punishment. Read more in our latest blog post 🔗 blog.commonjustice.org/blog/treatment…

📣 JOIN the TNJ COALITION in Albany on Tues. May 7th to meet with legislators, march the halls of our state's capitol, and urge our elected leaders to PASS TNJ ACT this session! 📣

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'We cannot incarcerate our way out of a mental health crisis. ... What you're seeing today [in the subways] is a failure of government and we won't see results until we start treating people instead of sending them to Rikers Island.' 👏❤️‍🩹 Diana Ayala council.nyc.gov/livestream/

Excited to hear Adrienne Adams recognize the importance of expanding mental health courts and closing Rikers to address the mental health crisis in our criminal justice system! TreatmentNotJailNY