The Coalition to Raise the Minimum Standards at New York City Jails

PRESS COVERAGE

 

Read press coverage about the Coalition, the Board of Correction, and the changes to the Minimum Standards.


Rikers Tightens Restrictions on Inmates, NY1, 11/9/07

Panel Votes to Revise City Jail Standards, Alan Feuer, The New York Times, 11/9/07

Corrections Board Votes Down More Jail Crowding, Charles Maldonado, Brooklyn Eagle, 11/08/07

NYC Jail Inmates to Get Uniforms, Lose Telephone Privacy, David B. Caruso, Newsday, 11/08/07

Runnin' Scared: Board Approves Eavesdropping, Uniforms for City Jails, Graham Rayman, The Village Voice, 11/8/07

Runnin' Scared: Jail Watchdog Caught Snoozing, Graham Rayman, The Village Voice, 10/9/07

Proposal for New Jail Rules Draws Fire From Inmate Advocates, Sewell Chan, The New York Times, 6/6/07

COs Object to Cut in Jailhouse Space, Reuven Blau, The Chief Leader, 6/1/07

Independent Oversight of N.Y. Jails, New York Law Journal Op-Ed, 5/17/07

Prison Standards Plan is Criticized, Christopher Faherty, NY Sun, 4/18/07

Board of Correction Proposes Changing Standards in Jails, Solana Pyne, NY1, 4/18/07

New Standards for City's Jails are Debated, Alan Feuer, The New York Times, 4/18/07

Battle Over Inmate Rights, City Board's Plans to Alter Standards Decried at Public Hearing as "Taking Away" Freedoms, Robert F. Moore, New York Daily News, 4/18/07

Changes Sought at City's Jails, Joshua Rhett Miller, Metro NY, 4/18/07

More Inmates at Brooklyn Jail if City Changes Standards, Sarah Ryley, Brooklyn Eagle, 4/20/07

Preocupación por cambios de normas en cárceles, Jose Acosta, El Diario, 4/18/07

Califican de deshumanizantes las propuestas del Comité de Correcciones, Alexandra Ochoa, HOY, 4/18/07

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