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The Ithaca Times wrote a swell article about us

By WRFI News Staff

Read it here! The article mentions John Walsh is a member of the board of directors- in fact he stepped down from the board when his term limit was reached last February.

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Gino Bush on the Tompkins County Jail Expansion, Poverty, Criminality, and Racism in Our Community

By WRFI News Staff

WRFI Speaks to Gino Bush about the Tompkins County jail expansion, poverty, criminality, and racism. Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources (OAR) – http://www.oartompkins.com Stop the Jail Expansion Coalition, Tompkins County – https://www.facebook.com/StopTCJailExpansion Tompkins County Workerss’ Center – http://www.tcworkerscenter.org/

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Local Activists Speak out about the Tompkins County Jail Expansion

By WRFI News Staff

Check out this full report on the prison situation in New York state from the Center for Constitutional Rights. http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/ImpactsofJailExpansion_NYS.pdf “There has been dramatic growth in the number of people held in local jails in New York State in the last de- cade, with the total capacity of jails in upstate New York and Long…

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… and we’re done!

By katrina

We finished our marathon at midnight last night, having raised $13,141 from 241 individual supporters!  Thanks go to: All of you who tuned in and called in your pledges! All the our wonderful on-air staff who co-hosted, pitched and answered phones all week! The volunteers who manned the pledge phones: Caitlin, John, Lauren, Rebecca, Renee,…

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