News & Press

AM NY

"Advocates, family members, and former inmates went as far as to call the jail a death camp during a protest that took place on Foley Square in Lower Manhattan on July 18 organized by the Jails Action Coalition."

New Amsterdam News

"Tamara Carter—[a member of Freedom Agenda and the Jails Action Coalition] whose son Brandon Rodriguez died in Rikers—says bail is a “trap” for Black and brown households given the statistically lower median savings account balances, according to the Federal Reserve."

City Limits

“We definitely support the [phones] initiative,” Jennifer Parish, director of criminal justice advocacy at the Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project told THE CITY. “But it doesn’t make up for the fact that they are not connecting people with the services that they need.”

TruthOut

"The most recent report, despite its substantial expense to the citizens of New York City, merely corroborates what individuals previously incarcerated … have consistently asserted on record,” [said] Chaplain Dr. Victoria A. Phillips, [a staff member with the Mental Health Project] and leading member of JAC."

The Nation

"On June 13, Marco Barrios, a criminal justice advocate at the [Mental Health Project of the] Urban Justice Center, interviewed Lewis...Lewis told Barrios that he has been physically abused by Great Meadow officers and other incarcerated individuals."

City Limits

"Despite the mayor’s repeated statements that he wants to fund more ‘upstream’ services that address the city’s mental health crisis, his agenda, instead, focuses on post-crisis points and increased law enforcement...the mayor must invest in more preventive and evidenced-based supports. - Jennifer J. Parish & Marco Barrios, Mental Health Project