Matt Katz appears in the following:
A federal judge has opened the door for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island jails
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
A federal judge has opened the door for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island jails. Morning Edition host Michael Hill WNYC spoke to public safety reporter Matt Katz about it.
Federal monitor concerned about lack of information about Rikers dangers, deaths
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
A series of disturbing recent incidents at Rikers Island is the focus of a federal court hearing.
Chris Christie is set to announce his presidential bid in New Hampshire
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
The former New Jersey governor will appear in Manchester Tuesday evening and announce that he's making another run for the GOP nomination. Christie was one of more than a dozen GOP hopefuls in 2016.
This Week in Politics: Chris Christie 2024?
Friday, June 02, 2023
After a bid that ended early in 2016, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is expected to announce another run for president next week.
Three years after George Floyd, what has changed?
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Morning Edition Host Michael Hill speaks to Public Safety Reporter Matt Katz about which criminal justice reforms have taken hold since George Floyd was murdered, and which have not.
Federal Monitor Says Chaos at Rikers Continues
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The federal monitor released a report full of disturbing recent incidents at Rikers Island involving detainees and correction officers.
New plaques give names to those buried at New York State prisons
Sunday, May 28, 2023
In New York, gravestones of people who died in prison only identified them by number. Now that's changing after a pastor and another formerly incarcerated man argued the dead deserved to be named.
NY prison graveyards must finally include names of the deceased on headstones
Monday, May 15, 2023
In recognition of the idea that people shouldn’t be defined by their periods of incarceration, state officials recently mandated that prisoner names be added to future gravestones.
No charges yet for man who put Black homeless New Yorker in chokehold on the F train
Thursday, May 04, 2023
The death of a man who appeared to be suffering from mental illness on an F train on Monday is stirring outrage after a man who had placed him in a chokehold wasn’t charged by the NYPD.
'Un-Deported' After 20 Years
Tuesday, May 02, 2023
Matt Katz and Lindsay Nash talk about the case of Lorenzo Charles who was deported in 2003, but was able to successfully fight to undo the deportation and return to Brooklyn.
Deported 20 years ago, Brooklyn man’s extraordinary fight to return reaches an end
Monday, May 01, 2023
After being deported, Lorenzo Charles, born in Guyana and raised in Brooklyn, fought for 20 years to return to Crown Heights — a place that he never stopped thinking of as home.
Jessica Valenti on Abortion Rights; NYPD's Robot Dogs; Slow Radical Change; The New Tipping Economy
Friday, April 14, 2023
Jessica Valenti on Abortion Rights; NYPD's Robot Dogs and Other New Tech; Making Radical Change, Slowly; The New Tipping Economy
Researchers say supporting a few thousand repeat offenders could be the key to reducing crime in NYC
Monday, April 10, 2023
Officials analyzing arrest data have identified a small group of repeat criminal defendants who, if properly monitored and supported, may present an opportunity to reduce street crime.
At this Bronx workshop, teenagers are taught how to de-escalate NYPD confrontations
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Kraig Lewis teaches teenagers the six Rs for interacting with police: Don’t run, don’t resist, right to an attorney, refuse all searches, refuse food, and the right to remain silent.
He integrated the NYPD more than 100 years ago, commencing a continued conversation on policing and race
Monday, February 27, 2023
More than a century has passed since the first Black officer joined the New York City Police Department. Samuel Battle, a son of enslaved people, was born 150 years ago this year.
A man went missing after being detained by Paterson police. That's just one issue plaguing this department.
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
It’s been a year since a man went missing after being detained by police in Paterson, New Jersey.
Hardly anyone gets arrested for prostitution anymore, so what’s the future of sex work in NYC?
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
There used to be tens of thousands of prostitution arrests in NYC. Now? About 100.
NYC detainee death rate is highest in 25 years
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Nineteen people had died in city custody or shortly after being released this year, out of an average daily population of nearly 6,000 people.
Close Rikers? Correction officials say they may have too many New Yorkers to incarcerate.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
The city anticipates locking up more and more people in the next couple of years.
Bail was posted, but people weren’t immediately released, so now NYC must pay as much as $300 million
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
People were held more for than a day after their loved ones posted bail for their release.
