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LAS: Elected Officials Must Do More to Address Crisis on Rikers

The Legal Aid Society's Martin LaFalce appeared on NY1's Capital Tonight to discuss the ongoing crisis on Rikers Island and the steps lawmakers must take to remedy it.

LAS Praises Governor Hochul’s Signing of the Less Is More Act

The bill comprehensively reforms the State's parole policies and will help to immediately alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis unfolding on Rikers Island, as reported by Spectrum News.

LAS Files Two Suits Demanding Transparency on Conditions at City Jails

The lawsuits seek information from the Department of Correction on some of their most notorious housing units, according to POLITICO.

LAS: Mayor’s Refusal to Decarcerate Will Cost Lives

Despite pleas from advocates, elected officials, and the Board of Correction the Mayor refuses to remove New Yorkers from a dire situation on Rikers Island, as reported by POLITICO.

Rikers Emergency Disrupting New Yorkers’ Access to Due Process

A mass wave of staff absenteeism by Department of Correction employees is causing individuals detained on Rikers Island to miss critical court appearances, reports the Queens Daily Eagle.

LAS Decries Mayor’s Insufficient Emergency Rikers Relief Plan

The Mayor's new plan includes no effort to decarcerate, although his own policy would allow him to do so substantially, as reported by AMNY.

Lawmakers Join Call to Immediately Decarcerate Rikers Island

After a tour of the facility, elected officials described a jail in deadly disarray and joined New York's defender organizations in their demands to address the unfolding crisis, reports Reuters.

Elected Officials to Tour Rikers Despite City Pushback

Lawmakers are alarmed over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in City jails, where at least ten individuals have died this year, according to the New York Daily News.

Crisis on Rikers: Tenth New Yorker Dies in Custody

Esias Johnson, a 24-year-old client of The Legal Aid Society, is the tenth person to die in DOC custody in 2021, as reported by CBS 2 New York.

NYC Defenders Decry Another Senseless Death on Rikers Island

Segundo Guallpa is the most recent casualty in an increasingly dangerous situation tied to a mass wave of absenteeism by Department of Correction employees, as reported by the Queens Daily Eagle.