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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 30, 2025
30 May 2025
In this week’s segment we talk about jails and prisons in New York City and State and the end of city control of the infamous Rikers Island jail. But first a Washington DC activist analyzes how the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Eric Adams Loses Control of Rikers Island to Federal Receivership
30 May 2025
Our guest is Melanie Dominguez, Organizing Director, New York with the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. She joins us from New York City to discuss the federal takeover of Rikers Island…
Candice Norwood
Parole and Probation Rules Limit Travel. That Can Be Complicated for People Seeking Abortions
26 Jun 2024
More than half of the 800,000 women under community supervision live in states with abortion restrictions, making the path to access more difficult — or impossible.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio June 21, 2024
21 Jun 2024
This week, we learn about a lawsuit by Black and Latino residents over the redrawing of an electoral district map that leaves them without representation. We discuss New York State's failure to…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
New York State Fails to Provide Oversight of Jails and Prison
21 Jun 2024
Melanie Dominguez joins us to discuss the conditions in New York State jails and prisons and explain why new legislation to expand and strengthen the State Commission of Correction is needed.
Ben Conarck , Pamela Wood
Baltimore’s new $1 billion jail will be most expensive state-funded project in history
27 Mar 2024
The proposed 854-bed facility will be a hybrid jail, hospital and mental health and substance use treatment facility for people facing criminal charges.