This position will work with our Communications Manager to develop and implement communications plans to support our campaigns and organizing work, focused on reducing jail incarceration in New York City, improving conditions of confinement, and securing community reinvestment.
Digital Chew
"Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda, strongly condemned Mayor Adams. Mack points out, under Adams’ leadership, the population of people serving city sentences like Jones has quadrupled."NY Daily News
“The responsibility for Charizma’s death rests squarely on [Mayor Adams'] shoulders,” Mack said. “He could be using his power to provide alternatives to incarceration for more people who are serving short city sentences, like Charizma."City Limits
"When the state takes away a person’s liberty, it bears a serious obligation to provide them proper care, and the built environment is a big part of that." - Ashley Abadia-Santiago Conrad, Senior Community OrganizerCity Limits
"Having housing available for people leaving jail is key to achieving this goal, according to Victor Herrera, an organizer with Freedom Agenda, an anti-carceral organization with the Close Rikers campaign."Digital Chew
“On the Mayor’s watch, 31 people have died and countless others have experienced abuse, neglect, and violence at the Rikers Island penal colony,” commented Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda.Freedom Agenda
"Last year...the City Council reaffirmed its commitment to the plan to close Rikers by 2027 and establish a smaller borough-based jail system to reduce incarceration and improve conditions for incarcerated people...it seems Mayor Eric Adams’ determination to stall the plan has not changed either."Queens Eagle
“There is a realistic plan for reducing the jail population to meet the target of fewer than 3,300 individuals incarcerated in city jails, and a critical component is prioritizing decarceration of people with mental health concerns and expanding supportive housing and community mental health supports,” Jennifer Parish, the director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project.Queens Eagle
“There is a realistic plan for reducing the jail population to meet the target of fewer than 3,300 individuals incarcerated in city jails, and a critical component is prioritizing decarceration of people with mental health concerns and expanding supportive housing and community mental health supports,” said Jennifer J. Parish, the director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at Urban Justice Center Mental Health ProjectAM NY
“The city has a legal and moral obligation to close Rikers by 2027. That deadline is not optional,” said Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda.© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
