On Jail Reform, One Size Doesn’t Fit All

By |2023-06-05T16:38:30+00:00May 30th, 2023|News|

Chief Leader

"Nationally, on average, for every four people in jail, there is one correction officer on staff, whereas on Rikers, for every four people in jail, there are four and half,” wrote [Darren Mack of Freedom Agenda & Councilwoman Carlina Rivera] in a piece advocating for the closure of the island penal colony by 2027.
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Detainee Dies, Marking Second Rikers Death of the Year

By |2023-05-24T14:31:48+00:00May 19th, 2023|News|

Queens Daily Eagle

"Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda, accused the mayor of paying “lip service to investing in mental health” while the “number of people with serious mental illness locked up at Rikers keeps growing under his watch.”
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Assemblywoman Latrice Walker continues her NYS State/Bail Reform hunger strike

By |2023-04-24T15:29:03+00:00April 20th, 2023|News|

Amsterdam News

“It’s unbelievable that Governor Hochul is holding the whole budget hostage just to lock up more Black and brown people in these deathtrap jails,” said Lezandre Khadu, advocate and member of Freedom Agenda."
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Imagining a World Without Prisons

By |2023-04-17T16:00:50+00:00April 17th, 2023|News|

Atmos Earth

"There are more promising steps with the feasibility studies regarding the plans for the island once the jail has been closed that look at the wastewater treatment plants and the renewable energy proposals... Freedom Agenda is one of the main organizations doing lots of advocacy and holding the city to account."
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Former inmates and lawmakers hold bail reform rally

By |2023-04-17T15:59:14+00:00April 13th, 2023|News|

News 12

"Groups at Thursday's rally include New York Communities for Change, VOCAL-NY, and Freedom Agenda. They stood alongside the former incarcerated persons, including D'Juan Collins, who says he was at Rikers Island for 15 months when he couldn't afford his $30,000 bail."
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Riley Leads Press Conference at City Hall to Close Rikers

By |2023-04-17T15:57:18+00:00April 13th, 2023|News|

Norwood News

Riley, who represents parts of the north Bronx, and Restler, who represents parts of Brooklyn, were joined at the event by advocates from the Freedom Agenda..."Closing Rikers is a foundational part in addressing the injustices of systemic racism in our criminal justice system...” said Riley.
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