Organizational sign-on to statement in support of the New York Dignity Not Detention Act.
This legislation does the following:
1. Prohibits NY governmental entities from entering immigration detention contracts and from receiving any payments related to immigration detention.
2. Prohibits NY governmental entities from renewing any existing immigration detention contracts.
3. Requires any NY governmental entities with existing immigration detention contracts to exercise the termination provision in the contract.
4. Prohibits any person, business, or private entity from owning or operating immigration detention facilities.
See one-pager here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Jp5nyZjl0QWj6yxZhAfT_IXwg2pP0cC/view?usp=sharingIf you have any questions, concerns, or would like to be added to the NY DND listserv, please reach out to Tania Mattos from Envision Freedom Fund -
tmattos@envisionfreedom.org