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Report: Aging in Prison

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Read the policy paper by RAPP and The Center for Justice at Columbia U: “Aging in Prison: Reducing Elder Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety.”  Read about the making of this policy paper.

 

Aging in Prison report

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Recent PRESS Articles

Times Union Commentary - By Mujahid Farid

N.Y. must lift punitive practices of state’s parole board

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By Mujahid Farid, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Times Union Plus – Opinion & Commentary Across the nation there is growing concern that much of the progress made in the past five years educating the federal government on the harms associated with mass incarceration will be significantly turned back. Donald Trump’s […]

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New York Times editorial: “Why Keep the Old and Sick Behind Bars?”

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By the New York Times Editorial Board, January 3, 2017 Anyone who visits a prison these days might be shocked to see what looks more like a nursing home with bars and metal detectors. Prisoners put away years ago under the wave of draconian sentencing are now turning gray and frail, suffering from heart disease […]

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Gravesite of John Shido MacKenzie, parole advocate and senior living in prison

False Hope and a Needless Death Behind Bars (NY Times Editorial)

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New York Times, The Opinion Pages September 6, 2016 By Jesse Wegman, Editorial Observer On July 26, John MacKenzie went before the parole board at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, N.Y., and made the case, once again, for his freedom. He had been locked up since 1975 for shooting and killing a Long Island […]

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Mohaman Koti, longtime prisoner, dies at 89

Longtime Prisoner Mohaman Koti Dies at 89, 2 Months After Release

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June 3, 2016 Headlines, Democracy Now! An elderly New York prisoner who won wide support for his freedom has died just two months after he was released to a nursing home in Staten Island. Mohaman Koti was 89 years old. In 1978, Mr. Koti was convicted of attempted murder after he shot a New York […]

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NY1 Interviews RAPP Founder Mujahid Farid

NY1 Interviews RAPP Campaign Founder, Mujahid Farid

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NY1 featured Release Aging People in Prison, with Mujahid Farid, Larry White, and Correctional Association of NY Executive Director Soffiyah Elijah. The community agrees: release our elders. Watch the video.

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