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A Push for Criminal Justice Reforms in New York
Khalil Cumberbatch, chief strategist at New Yorkers United for Justice, a coalition of non-profits that focus on criminal justice reform, talks about the criminal justice reforms his group is pushing New York State to enact, plus discusses the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where inmates recently went without heat and power for over a week.
"Heating issues, lack of access to warm water, lack of access to food, are all conditions that exist in federal facilities across the country, in state prisons across the country and in local jails. Heat is always an issue," says @KhaCumberbatch from @NYForJustice. pic.twitter.com/CSlkwJZLhY
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 6, 2019"Because we’re talking about a prison somehow there’s always a question of how comfortable should you really be in when you’re prison? The real issue here is how do we view the people we’re talking about?" says @KhaCumberbatch from @NYForJustice.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 6, 2019