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Court Issues Emergency Order to Address Humanitarian Crisis in City Jails

The order comes in response to a filing by The Legal Aid Society detailing the extraordinary risk of harm facing incarcerated New Yorkers, reports PIX11 News.

Mayor Visits Rikers, LAS Demands Decarceration

The Legal Aid Society continued its call for the Mayor to use his power to immediately remove individuals from Rikers via his 6A work-release program, as reported by the Queens Daily Eagle.

Listen: Rikers in Crisis: A Rare Visit From the Mayor, What Role Judges Play

The Legal Aid Society's Tina Luongo appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the ongoing crisis in city jails and what actions must be taken by prosecutors and judges to help.

Public Defenders: Prosecutors, Judges Must Address Rikers Crisis

At a series of protests outside local criminal courthouses defenders called on prosecutors and judges to stop requesting and setting bail and sending New Yorkers to jail pre-trial, reports Gothamist.

LAS Details Humanitarian Crisis on Rikers Island

The Legal Aid Society's Corey Stoughton sat for an extended interview with New York Magazine to discuss the dire situation unfolding in the City's jails.

LAS: Lack of Shelter Must Not Dictate Bail

Being unhoused should not influence the court’s decision to set bail, especially as a humanitarian crisis plagues the City's Jails, according to City Limits.

LAS Asks Federal Court to Address Humanitarian Crisis at Rikers Island, City Jails

Emergency relief could include court-ordered releases to protect people from the extraordinary harm they face given the collapse of basic operations in the City jails, reports Spectrum News.

Eleventh New Yorker Dies in Department of Correction Custody

Isaabdul Karim was being held at Rikers Island solely on a non-criminal, technical parole violation and should have been released, according to The New York Times.

Listen: Rikers in Crisis

The Legal Aid Society's Corey Stoughton appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the ongoing crisis at Rikers Island where an eleventh New Yorker has died.

LAS Calls for Full Parole Review as Less Is More Becomes Law

The Legal Aid Society's praised Governor Hochul's swift enactment of the law and called for further action to decarcerate individuals being held on parole violations, as reported by NY1's Inside City Hall.