Bill de Blasio
Demonstrators hold aloft a symbolic coffin bearing Kalief...
The Case For Shuttering Rikers Before 10 Years

Criminal justice reform advocate Glenn Martin says there's too much at stake to wait a decade to close the notorious…
by Jeff Mays
05.08.17
Members of Justice League NYC, advocacy groups and the...
Family Demands Justice

Police authorities allow the cop who fatally shot unarmed Black teen to resign after a disciplinary commission found him guilty.
by Nigel Roberts
03.27.17
USA - Prisons - Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center at Rikers
Former Inmate Fights To Have Rikers Island Closed

Glenn Martin, a former Rikers inmate and advocate for criminal justice reform, has continually made the effort to have Rikers…
by NewsOne Staff
03.11.17
2016 American Justice Summit
Kalief Browder’s Mom Dies Of ‘A Broken Heart’

Venida Browder, the 63-year-old the mother of the late Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after spending three horrific years being…
by Angela Bronner Helm
10.17.16
Eric Garner
NYPD Chokehold Cop Gets Big Raise

A review of police payroll records reveals that the cop who choked Eric Garner has received big raises. He's been…
by Nigel Roberts
09.14.16