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Policy Brief – Diversion Not Incarceration
MHP Policy Brief
"People with mental health challenges are better served in the community than jail...With appropriate preventions and interventions, New York can reduce the number of people incarcerated who have mental health conditions, particularly Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other marginalized communities."“When Will It End?’ Protesters Denounce Use of Solitary Confinement
Manhattan Express News
"'When will it end,” families of incarcerated individuals and those who have served time themselves cried out at a rally in the shadow of City Hall on Nov. 23, organized by #HALTsolitary and [the Mental Health Project's] Jails Action CoalitionNYC jail deaths at highest rate since 2000; hundreds have died at Rikers and other lockups over two decades
NY Daily News
"Death rates at Rikers Island and other lockups in 2021 and 2022 were higher than in any year since 2000, according to city Board of Correction data obtained via a freedom of information request by the Jails Action Coalition [of the Mental Health Project], an advocacy group."“It kept me going”/ “Me ayudó a seguir adelante”
Bronx Free Press
Marco Barrios, an advocate with the Mental Health Project Urban Justice Center, spent 24 years in prison. “During my time of incarceration, my lifelines were my visits, my phone calls, and my mail. There’s no way I would be standing here today if I didn’t have those three,” remarked Barrios.Family & Elected Officials Urged Board of Correction to Not Let Correction Dept Ban Love this Valentine’s Day
Office of the NYC Comptroller
"This mail variance is just a band-aid, instead of addressing the real issues. People inside are not getting proper care, and they’re not getting programs, so they are desperate for something to fill their time. DOC needs to address that issue, not put one more barrier between incarcerated people and their loved ones,” said Marco Barrios, a member of Freedom Agenda and Criminal Justice Advocate with the Mental Health Project Urban Justice Center."Testimony on Conditions at Rikers
NYU Review of Law and Social Change
"This testimony was written based on an interview with a person incarcerated at Rikers Island...It was presented at a New York City Board of Corrections meeting by Kristen Brown and Fleming Smith, students with the NYU Solitary Confinement Project, which works in partnership with the Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project..."Contact
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