Marie Ndiaye, Supervising Attorney of the Decarceration Project at The Legal Aid Society, joined the Max & Murphy podcast to discuss reforms enacted this past April.

In a letter sent to Queens District Attorney-Elect Melinda Katz, The Legal Aid Society urges support for needed measures to reverse the punitive approach to law enforcement that the Brown/Ryan Administration employed for decades, reports Patch NYC.

The reforms unveiled by advocates and lawmakers could serve as a national model for much-needed change across the country, according to the New York Daily News.