Women have no privacy in Broome County jail
Picture this: The new female pod at our Broome County jail, which was paid for under the most recent $5.7 million expansion, is a giant former gymnasium where everything you do takes place in the same room. Women sleep in bunks along the walls, eat in the middle of the room at tables just several …
| League of Women Voters team up to help end Mass Incarceration
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Unfortunately, without alternatives we’re going to see people who really shouldn’t be at the jail, at the jail,” said Susan Ruff, President of the League of Women Voters of Broome and Tioga. Local officials have estimated, 80-85% of those in Broome County Jail suffer from addiction problems. Another … |
On Sunday March 4, 2018, members of JUST made presentations at the Beyond the Bars Conference in New York City in two workshops: 1) What Incarceration Does to People: Combating Pre- and Post-Incarceration Trauma: presentations by Tinamarie Gunther and Josh Price, and 2) Fighting Jails Beyond NYC: Lessons from Grassroots Struggles in Broome, Cortland, and Tompkins Counties: presentations by Andrew Pragacz, Bill Martin, Kevin Revier, Joey Cardamone, Jack Norton, Bobby Black
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