This week Relly and Rudy are joined by Freedom Agenda NY — a grassroots, member-led project dedicated to organizing people and communities directly impacted by incarceration to achieve decarceration and system transformation. Darren, co-founder and co-director, and Ashley, senior community organizer, take us into the Close Rikers movement, uplift community members we’ve lost on Rikers, and bust the NIMBY (not in my backyard) myths about the new borough-based jail system. Relly shares his experience on Rikers and the group goes into the ideas of decarceration and abolition.

On March 7, join Freedom Agenda ahead of the City Council Criminal Justice Committee's Preliminary Budget hearing to insist on a budget that supports the closure of Rikers by moving resources from the bloated Department of Correction to crucial community needs.

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