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These posts regarding incarceration and re-entry matters are provided for information purposes only. The Church and this Ministry have taken no positions regarding the content of each post. If you have information you are interested in seeing posted, please send an email. If you have any questions or concerns regarding a post, please send an email.
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2023-0704: Rikers inmate dies in notorious NYC jail of possible overdose, possible breakdowns cited
A burglary suspect being held in a Rikers Island jail died early Tuesday of a possible overdose after complaining of chest pain and then...
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Jul 4, 20231 min read
2023-0629: Libraries Spared but Rikers Suffers in $107 Billion N.Y.C. Budget Deal
Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to a “bittersweet” budget that restores funding for key services while cutting others. NY...
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2023-0628: NYCFC partners with Rikers Island to teach incarcerated men life skills through soccer
CBS NEW YORK -- There's a new program on Rikers Island aimed at transforming inmates' lives through sports. The Twinning Project has...
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2023-0627: NYC’s DOC is spending $90K on 30 submachine guns for troubled Rikers Island
NY POST: The under-fire city Department of Correction is beefing up its arsenal again, plunking down more than $90,000 for 30 submachine...
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2023-0703: Central Park 'Exonerated 5' Member Reflects On Freedom And Forgiveness
Dr. Yusef Salaam, an individual who was wrongfully incarcerated for seven years, recently won the Democratic nomination for a seat in the...
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2023-0627: The Essentialism of Addiction
We must challenge the dominant narrative that one is born an addict and a criminal—rather than constructed as one by those in power....
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2023-0628: Tarrant County inmates die in jail custody in 3 days; 1 suspected to have killed himself
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article276805956.html?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=b1ec6d0207-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_3...
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2023-0627: In 'historic' moment, MCI-Framingham prisoners testify live at moratorium hearing
A group of 20 women incarcerated at MCI-Framingham testified live on Zoom at a hearing on Monday — for the first time in legislative...
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2023-0628: In New York Prisons, Guards Who Brutalize Prisoners Rarely Get Fired
Records obtained by The Marshall Project reveal a state discipline system that fails to hold many guards accountable All in the family in...
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2017-1011: “Cooking Them to Death”: The Lethal Toll of Hot Prisons
AS THE CLIMATE CHANGES, INMATES WITHOUT AIR-CONDITIONING HAVE NO ESCAPE FROM EXTREME HEAT. IS THIS HAPPENING IN 2023? PROBABLY! ASK!...
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THE MARSHALL PROJECT: WE ARE WITNESSES
The American criminal justice system consists of 2.2 million people behind bars, plus tens of millions of family members, corrections and...
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2023-7July-August: After the Police Kill Your Loved One, Who Can You Lean On?
Breonna Taylor’s aunt and Jacob Blake’s dad are creating a movement of families that support each other. “I don’t want people to be...
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2023-0630: I Survived Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression in Jail. Now I Guide Others Like Me.
As a doula in Georgia prisons and jails, Tabatha Trammell supports incarcerated clients through pregnancy, childbirth — and giving up...
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2023-0629: A Dozen Cities Set Youth Curfews This Year, Even Though They Don’t Reduce Crime
Texas recently banned juvenile curfews, while cities like Baltimore and Memphis have doubled-down on them. https://www.themarshallproject...
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2023-07July: Cops Use Phony Diagnoses To Explain Away Stun Gun Deaths
The National Association of Medical Examiners now says "excited delirium" should not be cited as a cause of death....
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2023-0627: A Mother Had Three Minutes to Address Her Son’s Killer
Adriana Vance lost her son Raymond in a mass shooting seven months ago. The night before she would face the shooter in court, she still...
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2023-0626: The Deeper Dig: A spate of deaths focuses attention on Vermont prisons and the Department
“There’s a belief that things are going to be messed up there, that you’re not going to be receiving adequate care. And so it has felt...
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2023-0627: LASD SAYS IT WANTS TO KEEP HITTING PEOPLE IN THE HEAD
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has taken legal action against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to...
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2023-0618: We must invest in young men to build stronger families and safer communities
THE DAILY NEWS Opinion by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and Dushon "Bigga" Almond: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-investi...
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DO YOU KNOW THE CLEAN SLATE ACT?
It is now law in New York State. Check out this link and stay connected: https://www.cleanslateny.org/
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