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Kelly Grace Price on Budget Parity, Oversight in NYC's Correctional System, and Concerns over Female Incarceration

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      Kelly Grace Price highlights the need for budget parity, staff for oversight, and concerns over female incarceration rates in NYC's correctional system.

      • Price calls for budget parity within the NYC correctional system and stresses the importance of meeting the executive director of the Board of Correction's budget requests.
      • She emphasizes the urgent need for staff to conduct role making, audits, and particularly the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audits which have not been conducted since 2019.
      • Price raises concerns about sexual assaults in correctional facilities due to lack of oversight.
      • She points out the opportunity to improve the Board of Correction's charter for better oversight and parity.
      • Ending her speech, Price notes that NYC incarcerates 7% of the world's female prison population, highlighting a need for change.