Neighborhood Defender Service is an innovative, community-based, holistic public defense practice.
New York, NY and Detroit, MI
Joined February 2017
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The crisis at Rikers remains dire. Under @NYCMayor, the lack of transparency has gotten so bad that the @NYCCouncil has to propose laws requiring the DOC to publicly report the deaths and serious injuries of incarcerated people at Rikers. #ShutRikers
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I was a public defender for years. Whether you call it solitary, “protective custody,” or the box: my clients were experiencing torture. I watched as it broke them down. This torture didn’t improve safety — it guaranteed trauma.
Mayor Adams issued an emergency order killing parts of a new law set to ban solitary confinement in NYC jails.
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We love seeing @NY1 facilitating an important conversation about prison labor. Education is key—the more people that know of the impacts of the insidious exception in the 13th Amendment, the sooner we can truly end slavery in this country. ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ins…
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🚨ACTION ALERT🚨: @NYCMayor wants to expand already bloated NYPD spending. Click to email your council member to demand @NYCCouncil take action for #NYCBudgetJustice and invest in services that truly benefit our communities instead: bit.ly/FY25BudgetJustice #CareNotCriminalization
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‼️TAKE ACTION WEDS @ 9AM: Gov. Hochul just nominated 25 judicial candidates for review by the Senate by end of the legislative session. Judge Ward has a deeply concerning record. Join us to call the Judiciary Committee & urge them to Say No to Ward: bit.ly/TCNYDJune5
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"This system exists with no oversight and largely without the knowledge — let alone the consent — of those being surveilled, including people who are not incarcerated." - @galeabrewer
New bill would ban mass recording of calls made on jail phone system: thecity.nyc/2024/06/04/counc…
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In one day we’ve surpassed the total that will ultimately be added to the waitlist - but you can keep applying this week! There will be a random selection of 200k after the app closes
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50 years ago today, New York's rent stabilization system was signed into law.
For 50 years, the Emergency Tenant Protection Act has kept New Yorkers in their homes and neighborhoods.
Now it’s time to strengthen & expand the ETPA -- to protect New Yorkers for the next 50 years.
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Our current legal system disproportionately impacts low-socioeconomic, and black and brown communities.
@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie pass #Right2RemainSilent (S1099/A8923) to require nonwaivable legal consultation for ALL youth under 18 before a police interrogation.
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“We need to stop incarcerating people who could have potentially treatable mental health or substance abuse issues, which are often co-occurring disorders, and treat them instead of jailing them in the first place,” - NY Chief Judge Rowan Wilson
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We're in Albany for the Family Advocacy Day because we know that families are safer & stronger together!
We're rallying with families & elected officials to demand policies that are rooted in equity, support, and empowerment and shrink pathways into the family policing system.
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For Mother’s Day, let’s make prisons call free | Opinion nj.com/opinion/2024/05/for-m…
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TAKE ACTION: This is the year for #ParoleJusticeNY! A majority of NY State lawmakers support two bills to end permanent punishment, reunite families, and improve safety for all. Use this quick-and-easy tool to urge them to pass the bills now! bit.ly/ParoleJusticeNOW
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75% of incarcerated women are survivors. 80% of women in jails are mothers, majority being primary caretakers of their children. This #MothersDay we’re reflecting on the harmful ways in which criminalizing survivors tears apart families. We want community investment, not jails.
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As election season ramps up, it's important to understand who can–and cannot–vote.
Learn more about jail-based voter disenfranchisement here 👇
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NY is failing migrants on multiple fronts — inadequate shelter for migrants, xenophobic rhetoric, and infamously inhumane detention. Passing the Dignity Not Detention Act, to end immigration detention in NY State, is a necessary and urgent step forward in the right direction.
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Across the United States, jails frequently underreport deaths behind bars.
These hidden deaths underline the urgent need to change our approach to jails. Better ways forward exist, like increasing transparency and decarceration. vera.org/news/the-hidden-dea…
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Mamas need their babies. Babies need their mamas.
As Black Maternal Health Week comes to a close, we are honoring the unbreakable bond between Black mamas and their babies. Our families are our medicine; we are safer, stronger, and healthier together.
ALT Mamas need their babies. Babies need their mamas. Pregnant person outline. MFP logo.
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This is happening while in-person visits are practically disappearing in jails, forcing families to rely on telecommunication.
Phone justice is more important now than ever.
BREAKING: For years, @CorrectionNYC’s phone system has functioned as a mass surveillance project operated by @SecurusTech, collecting personal data from incarcerated NYers & their loved ones. We’re suing to demand DOC end this unlawful practice. Read more: bxd.pub/DOCSuit
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That’s right @GovKathyHochul, the women of NY are under stress. We bear 87% of the costs of prison calls. Can we count on you to protect us and our families from predation by making prison communication free in the budget?