Hosted by: The Katal Center
Description: New York reincarcerates more people on parole for technical violations — like being late for curfew or testing positive for alcohol — than any nearly every other state in the country. This means that over 5,000 people are currently incarcerated in New State jails and prisons for technical violations of parole, including hundreds on Rikers Island. Even more, new data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that in 2018, New York incarcerated nearly 6,000 people across the state for technical parole violations alone. #LessIsMoreNY is designed to fix this problem. Join us to hear from Katal members and staff about parole in New York state, the provisions of the #LessIsMoreNY bill, and ways the NASW-NYS can move to action to support the passage of #LessIsMoreNY.
Author: Amelia Lochner Malavé
NASW-NYS