City Jail Overseer Urged to End Solitary Confinement After Layleen Polanco Death
The City
MHP’s Criminal Justice Advocate Alex Abell is quoted discussing the fight to end solitary confinement in New York City in all its forms.How the City’s New Jails Plan Accounts for Those with Serious Mental Illness
Gotham Gazette
The New York City Council voted to close Rikers Island and to replace it with local jails and an increase of criminal justice reforms across the city. The new system is working to address issues incarcerated people with some form of mental illness face.Everybody Agrees Rikers Island Should Close. But What Happens Next in Brooklyn?
Brownstoner
Ms. V, MHP’s Community, Health, & Justice Organizer is quoted discussing the closure of Rikers Island and the inhumane conditions and inadequate healthcare incarcerated people face.NYC Council Votes to Eliminate City-Imposed Bail Payment Fees: Statement
FFJC
MHP contributed to testimony supporting Intro 1199 which will eliminate bail fees made online or by credit card. Learn more here.A health-care program NYC must save
NY Daily News
Rachel Gerson, MHP’s director of guardianship & health care advocacy, co-authored this op-ed on the need for New York City to fund a consumer assistance program to help people navigate Medicaid managed care.Report: Rikers Island’s Visitors
Patch
NYC Jails Action Coalition releases report on the experience of visiting Rikers entitled, ‘It makes me want to cry’: visiting Rikers IslandNew York Falls Short in Resettling Mentally Ill Adults, Angering Judge
NY Times
Four years ago, after more than a decade of litigation and negotiation, New York State officials agreed that the system of often dismal and dangerous...Federal Judge Sees New York State Conspiracy to Thwart Care for Mentally Ill
Pro Publica
The judge who oversaw landmark case involving troubled homes for the mentally ill sends word to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric...
NYS JEOPARDIZES THE RIGHTS OF OVER 5,000 PEOPLE IN ADULT HOME CLASS ACTION & THE NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS TO WITHDRAW FROM REPRESENTING NEW YORK STATE GalleryNYS JEOPARDIZES THE RIGHTS OF OVER 5,000 PEOPLE IN ADULT HOME CLASS ACTION & THE NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS TO WITHDRAW FROM REPRESENTING NEW YORK STATE
NYS JEOPARDIZES THE RIGHTS OF OVER 5,000 PEOPLE IN ADULT HOME CLASS ACTION & THE NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS TO WITHDRAW FROM REPRESENTING NEW YORK STATE
Disability Rights New York
New York State took actions which appeared to be calculated to scuttle a settlement that gives over 5,000 people with mental illness the opportunity...Reports Indicate City’s Progress is Slow on Mental Health Planning for Inmates
City Limits
Some inmates enter New York City’s correctional facilities with prior mental illness made more severe by incarceration. Others have more subtle...