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Special Episode: @nonewjails_nyc is engaged in a struggle to #CloseRikersNow with no new jails. We speak to organizers Ngozi Alston & Marlene Nava Ramos about the fight coming to a head in the next week, and how folks can fight for abolition right now …nnialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-39-no-… 
@nonewjails_nyc To support @nonewjails_nyc in this phase of the struggle. Here's a phone script as you scroll down the Follow The Money page on the NNJ website: nonewjails.nyc/followthemoney
They're ALSO asking EVERYBODY to show up to the council meeting on the 17th if you're in NYC.
They're ALSO asking EVERYBODY to show up to the council meeting on the 17th if you're in NYC.
@nonewjails_nyc They are also asking folks to submit a comment to hearings@council.nyc.gov subject line “Borough-Based Jails” let council-members know if you're from New York City. Tell them that they need to close Rikers now, and build no new jails.
Just got that "I'm working night court tonight from 5pm-1am" public defender feeling. A mix of bummed, energized, ready, not ready, anticipatory exhaustion and rage.
Update: The feeling only intensifies as 5pm gets closer. Also learned that there are a “number of 16 year olds coming through” to be on the look out for tonight so I can inform our youth unit.
Say it with: 16. Year. Olds. Should. Not. Be. In. Adult. Court.
Say it with: 16. Year. Olds. Should. Not. Be. In. Adult. Court.
Harsh criminal laws that prosecutors then decide to apply harshly. Note: 14 and 15 year olds also come through adult court for certain crimes.
