While New York State’s prison population has been dropping overall as a result of number of significant reforms, one group being left quite literally behind is the elderly. From 2000 to 2013, the number of people 50 years of age or older incarcerated in New York State prisons has doubled.

A campaign to reduce the number of elderly and infirm people in New York State prisons is being led by Muhajid Farid, lead organizer of Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP.

Peter Wagner, of Prison Policy Initiative, discusses the problem and profiles Mujahid Farid and RAPP.