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  April 12, 2017 The Fader

  Why Kalief Browder’s brother says it’s time to end the prison system

  Akeem Browder on the fight to close Rikers Island and why “prison reform” is not the answer to mass incarceration.

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  April 07, 2017 Times Ledger

  Legislation named for Kalief Browder aims to help former [incarcerated individuals] with mental health problems

  Clutching a picture of Kalief Browder on the steps of city hall Monday, U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) announced his new legislation named in his honor, which seeks to improve mental health services for the formerly incarcerated.

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  April 06, 2017 Mass Appeal

  My brother’s keeper: Akeem Browder on Kalief’s legacy and shutting down Rikers

  Ahead of the airing of the final episode of Time: The Kalief Browder Story on Spike TV, Kalief's elder brother, Akeem Browder spoke with MASS APPEAL about the line of demarcation for his family: all that came before Kalief’s being wrongly accused of stealing a backpack in May of 2010, and all that came after. 

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  April 05, 2017 Manhattan Times

  Relief after re-entry

  A new federal bill named for Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after incarceration on Rikers Island, is designed to improve mental health services for those re-entering society after serving jail time.

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  April 03, 2017 The Normangee Star

  City vows to close Rikers

  Mayor de Blasio vowed at a news conference in the City Hall rotunda to close Rikers Island within a decade. Mark-Viverito commissioned a report a year ago on the possibility of closing Rikers.

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