
Melissa
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Melissa
@MelissaMarie115
QMHP standing for social justice. #decarcerate “Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.”- Angela Davis






Inbox: “Donny Ubiera, age 33, was found unresponsive in his cell in the George R. Vierno Center at approximately 5:15am on Tuesday. He received immediate medical care but was pronounced dead at approximately 5:51am.” He’s the eight death on Rikers Island and @CorrectionNYC



STATEMENT from the Campaign to #CloseRikers on the FY2024 budget. We need long overdue investments in supportive housing, treatment & more to reduce incarceration, and #GetRikersClosed - but the Mayor wants to fund DOC's bloated workforce. #CareNotCriminalization


Getting Started: The budget is late because the Governor wants to send more Black and brown people to deadly jails. Community members and the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Conference are rallying to protect communities and protect the bail and discovery laws.



MARCH 30: PROTECT BAIL REFORM. Stop Governor Hochul from sending more Black, brown and working-class New Yorkers to jail without a trial. RSVP to join our advocacy day in Albany this Thursday: bit.ly/ProtectBailRef…













