“‘Cruel and Unusual Punishment’: Texas judge orders count of heat-related prison deaths”
December 30, 2016: RT360
“Sick inmates costing St. Joseph County more in 2016”
December 29, 2016: Suzanne Spencer, WSBT22 (Indiana)
“The Case for Clemency”
December 28, 2016: Erroll Lewis, Inside City Hall, NY1 Online (with Hawk Newsome, Alan Roskoff, and Kathryn Erbe; 10-minutes video)
“Reducing Prison population only way to save significant cash”
December 28, 2016: Mike Vasilinda, Capitol News Service (FL)
“New study shows Oklahoma prisons among the most dangerous”
December 28, 2016: Sean Murphy, Associated Press/The Daily Progress
“At Angola Prison, Getting Sick Can Be a Death Sentence”
December 20, 2016: Katie Rose Quandt & James Ridgeway, In These Times
“More Prisoners Die of Old Age Behind Bars”
December 15, 2016: Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News
“Parole Reform Groups Say Proposed New Rules Don’t Go Far Enough”
December 13, 2016: Joel Stashenko, New York Law Journal
“Parole recommended for aging prisoners”
December 12, 2016: Jimmie E. Gates, The Clarion Ledger
“Prosecutors ignore Supreme Court call to give juvenile lifers a new sentence, says ACLU”
December 12, 2016: Ryan Grimes, Michigan Radio (text and audio)
“It’s Time for President Obama to Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier”
December 9, 2016: Martin Garbus, The Nation
“New York’s Parole Problem” (audio)
December 9, 2016: The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC
“President Obama’s Last Chance to Show Mercy”
December 6, 2016: Editorial Board, The New York Times
“New York photographer points lens at aging Maine inmates”
December 6, 2016: Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News
“Governor Cuomo Orders Investigation of Racial Bias in New York State Prison System,” with comment by RAPP’s Mujahid Farid
December 5, 2016: Michael Schwirtz, Michael Winerip, Robert Gebeloff, The New York Times
“For Blacks Facing Parole in New York State, Signs of a Broken System”
December 4, 2016: Michael Winerip, Michael Schwirtz, Robert Gebeloff, The New York Times
“Missouri seeks way to cut cost of burying prisoners”
November 27, 2016: Kurt Erickson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Retirement Age: Elderly inmate wants to retire from prison job”
November 26, 2016: Frank Difiore, The Malone Telegram
“Cuomo’s Commitment to Clemency Tested in 3 Murder Cases”
November 23, 2016: Jim Dwyer, The New York Times
“Editorial: Compassion for Sal diMasi—and for other inmates”
November 22, 2016:The Metro-West Daily News
“Unfit for Incarceration: Taking Stock of Punishment’s Inhumanity”
November 21, 2016: Ken Strutin, New York Law Journal
“A Story of Racial Bias, the Absence of Mercy, and a Death in Prison”
November 21, 2016: Equal Justice Initiative
“NY Parole Board Regulations Should Focus Primarily on Risk and Needs Assessments”
November 18, 2016: Eddie Conway/Rattling the Bars, The Real News (video)
“America’s Aging—and Mentally At-Risk—Prisoners”
November 7, 2016: Katti Gray, The Crime Report
“Older Women Leaving Prison ‘Less Likely to Return to Crime’”
November 3, 2016: TCR Staff, The Crime Report
“Home from Prison After 36 Years”
November 1, 2016: Mark Vigil, LA Progressive
“Hospital bills add up with Nebraska’s aging prison populations”
November 1, 2016: Brian Mastre, WPWT News
“Older adults more likely to be imprisoned, data show”
October 31, 2016: Keith Humphreys, The Washington Post
“Pennsylvania rally demands end to ‘death by incarceration’”
October 30, 2016: Joseph Piette, Workers World
“[Man convicted of murder], 79, who has been in prison since the age of 16 REFUSES parole offer because he’s been behind bars ‘long enough’ and just wants to be released outright”
October 29, 2016: Ariel Zilber, dailymail.com
“Juvenile lifer, 79, rejects deal for parole. ‘His view is, he’s been in long enough.’”
October 28, 2016: Samantha Melamed, the Philadelphia Inquirer
“Debate: Should Older, Sick Prisoners Be Released for Compassionate Reasons?” (audio)
October 28, 2016: National Public Radio
“Merciless End…” (article on John MacKenzie’s death)
October 28, 2016: Joe Goldsteain, The New York Times
“Death By Another Name”
October 23, 2016: Kenneth E. Hartman, The Marshall Project
“Three prison reform ideas drawing bipartisan support”
October 19, 2016: Bill McGraw, Bridge Magazine
“‘I’m no threat’ – will Obama pardon one of the world’s longest-serving political prisoners?”
October 16, 2016: Ed Pilkington, the Guardian
“Cuomo’s scant use of clemency short-circuits justice”
October 6, 2016: Laura Whitehorn, The Journal News (lohud.com opinion)
“‘The System Abuses Us By Locking Us up Forever’: Aging Survivors Behind Bars”
October 4, 2016: Victoria Law, Truthout
“D.C.’s Broken Parole System”
September 30, 2016: Scott Rodd, Washington City Paper
“Release Aging People in Prison”
September 19, 2016: Troy Griffith of Politics on My Mind interviews Mujahid Farid (audio)
“Real prison reform must take long look at life sentences”
September 15, 2016: Ashley Nelllis, thehill.com
“The Parole System is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It?”
September 10, 2016: Rebecca McCray, TakePart
“False Hope and a Needless Death Behind Bars”
September 6, 2016: Jesse Wegman, The New York Times
“Juvenile Lifers Dying in Prison”
September 4, 2016: Diane Bukowski, Voice of Detroit
“Jailing Old Folks Makes No Sense”
August 30, 2016: Geraldine Downey and Frances Négron-Muntaner, The New York Times
“Michigan prosecutors defying U.S. Supreme Court on ‘juvenile lifers’”
August 26, 2016: Ted Roelofs, Bridge Magazine
“In Memory of John MacKenzie: RAPP on On the Count”
August 20, 2016: WBAI-FM
“Judge: Courts can’t ‘pass off’ lifer decisions to parole board”
August 19, 2016: Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer/philly.com
“Genocide! State, S.A.D.O. Subject Michigan Juvenile Lifers to More ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishment’”
August 19, 2016: Diane Bukowski, Voice of Detroit
“Parole board accused of violating settlement with life settlements”
August 18, 2016: Bob Egelko, SFGate
“Wilfred Dacier has earned parole; why isn’t he out?”
August 17, 2016: Jean Trounstine, Lowell Sun
“NY to keep past victim statements for parole board”
August 16, 2016: WBNG News
“Denied Parole 10 Times, John MacKenzie Found Dead in Cell After 41 Years in Prison”
August 15, 2016: Michael Smith and Heidi Boghosian interview Kathy Manley on Law and Disorder Radio, WBAI (audio)
“Doing Double Time: Chronic Diseases a Chronic Problem in Prisons”
August 13, 2016: Jessica Firger, Newsweek
“Part 2: Calls Grow for NY Gov Cuomo to Reform Parole Board That Denies Eligible Prisoners”
August 11, 2016: Web Exclusive, democracynow.org
“A Haunting Look at the Inmates Who Grow Old in Prison”
August 10, 2016: Jessica Earnshaw, National Geographic
“Aging Prisoner’s Suicide Roils Parole Debate”
August 10, 2016: Renée Feltz, The Indypendent
“After Being Denied Parole 10 Times, Elderly Prisoner Allegedly Commits Suicide in Upstate Prison”
August 10, 2016: Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez and Renée Feltz, Democracy Now and democracynow.org
“Suicide of 70-Year-Old John MacKenzie After Tenth Parole Denial Illustrates Broken Parole System”
August 9, 2016: Victoria Law, The Village Voice
“John MacKenzie: Parole Justice on Capital Tonight”
August 8, 2016: Liz Benjamin, Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News, Albany
“Elderly and locked up: Stresses of recidivism”
August 7, 2016: Carolyn Guniss, Compton Herald (reprinted from the Miami Times)
“New York’s Parole System in Need of Repair”
August 1, 2016: Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP, Prison Legal News
“This County in Michigan Has the Most Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences in the US”
July 29, 2016: C.J. Clamarella, Reason.com
“Aging People in Prison Face Continuing Denial of Compassionate Release”
July 26, 2016: Victoria Law, Truthout
“Prosecutor: No sentencing break for Michigan’s oldest juvenile lifer”
July 23, 2016: Associated Press
“The aging prison population”
July 18, 2016: Alex Hegenbarth, Liberal Democratic Voice (UK)
“Black, old and locked up”
July 13, 2016: Carolyn Guniss, The Miami Times
“HIV Advocates Turn to Parole Reform, Seeking Release of Aging Prisoners”
July 12, 2016: Victoria Law, TheBody.com
“‘Death Came Every Week:’ How Prisoners Overcame Early HIV/AIDS Stigma Through Community Education”
July 12, 2016: Victoria Law, TheBody.com
“Boomers behind bars”
July 8, 2016: Joseph A. Slobodzian, The Inquirer
“Spike in geriatric inmate population costs Ohio millions”
July 7, 2016: John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer
“Ohio’s prison hospice offers dignity to dying felons,”
July 7, 2016: John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer
“On the Count”
July 2, 2016: Mujahid Farid, René Valdez, Donna Hylton, Steven Humble Mangual talk RAPP, WBAI 99.5 FM (audio)
“If the Risk is Low, Let Them Go”
June 29, 2016: Renee Feltz, the Indypendent
“The Prisoners at Guantanamo Are Getting Old and So Is the Medical Equipment”
June 22, 2016: John Knefel, Inverse
“Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release”
June 18, 2016: Victoria Law, Truthout
“Elderly, disabled inmates at Pack Unit included in ‘cruel and unusual’ heat case”
June 15, 2016: Gabrielle Banks, chron.com
“A Challenge to New York’s Broken Parole Board”
June 13, 2016: the Editorial Board, The New York Times
“Lesbian Inmate Moved to Prison Near Erie”
June 9, 2016: Tim Cwiek, Philadelphia Gay News
“Maine Voices: Alternative confinement should be expanded for aging, ailing prisoners”
June 6, 2016: Irving Faunce, Portland Press Herald
“Sentencing schemes result in longer sentences for aging offenders”
June 4, 2016: Matthew Mangino, Morton Times-News
“Prisoner: Save money, release older inmates”
May 31, 2016: Roy A. Borges, Orlando Sentinel
“The Prison Population We Should Talk About Releasing”
May 22, 2016: Danielle DeCourcey, attn.com
“Are Older People Getting Harsher Sentences? Take Our Quiz to Find Out”
May 19, 2016: Emily Hopkins, The Marshall Project
“Compassionate release twice rejected for dying inmate”
May 16, 2016: Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch
“The Women at Bedford Prison Writing Their Own History”
May 12, 2016: Radhika Balakrishnan, huffingtonpost.com
“Is the Doctor In? Why Leonard Peltier and Other Aging Prisoners Lack Adequate Health Care”
May 7, 2016: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Truthout
“Politics & Prejudices: The politics of prison reform”
May 4, 2016: Jack Lessenberry, Detroit Metro Times
“Lessenberry: Michigan’s wheelchair prison population”
May 3, 2016: Jack Lessenberry, The Windsor Star
“Crowded Prisons, Rare Parole: A Five Part Series/Part One: Virginia Has Lowest Parole Rate in the Nation”
May 2, 2016: Sandy Hausman, WVTF
“During National Reentry Week, a Spotlight on Older Returning Citizens”
April 29, 2016: Kanya D’Almeida, Rewire
“These States Have the Most Prison Deaths”
April 26, 2016: Alex Greer, SFgate
“Oklahoma’s aging inmates dying behind bars”
April 24, 2016: Andrew Knittle, The Oklahoman
“Oldest inmate in center spends years in Nebraska prison”
April 23, 2016: SFgate
“Michigan’s prison system must undergo comprehensive reform”
April 22, 2016: Jack Lessenberry, Toledo Blade
“These days, NC’s death row inmates die of natural causes”
April 22, 2016: Richard Stradling, The News Observer
“Why Mass Incarceration Doesn’t Pay”
April 21, 2016: Jason Furman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, The New York Times
“Bill to change parole eligibility for Alaska inmates moves to House”
April 20, 2016: Mallory Peebles, ktuu.com/KTUU-TV
“Dispatches: U.S. Coming to Grips on Prison Sentencing”
April 19, 2016: Antonio Ginatta, Human Rights Watch
“U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Significant Changes to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines” (Including compassionate release)
April 15, 2016: Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, United States Sentencing Commission
“Letter: Aging prisoners a taxpayer burden”
April 14, 2016: Joyce Hackett Smith-Moore, auburnpub.com
“Dying in Prison: Michigan Juvenile Lifers Get New Hope…”
April 12, 2016: Diane Bukowski, Voice of Detroit
“Debate Over Prison Population Turns to the States”
April 12, 2016: Peter Eavis, The New York Times
“Maryland lawmakers agree on how to reform criminal justice system”
April 9, 2016: Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun
“Dying in Prison & Morality”
April 4, 2016: John Kiroakou, Manteca Bulletin (CA)
“Debate over Maryland criminal justice bill heads to House of Delegates”
March 26, 2016: Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post
“Prison reform gaining momentum: It’s fiscally conservative”
March 24, 2016: Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio via AP
“A Life (Without Parole) Story”
March 21, 2016: David J. Krajicek, thecrimereport.org
“Bill would allow early release of aging inmates”
March 20, 2016: Dave Gram, Burlington Free Press
(also printed in The Washington Times)
“Bill to ease sentencing for drug offenders advances in MD senate”
March 18, 2016: Ovetta Wiggins and John Hicks, Washington Post
“Despite Rhetoric of Criminal Justice Reform, Benefits Are Slow to Come for Those Aging in Prisons in New York State”
March 17, 2016: Nick Malinowski, Huffington Post
“Elderly Inmates Burden State Prisons”
March 17, 2016: Michael Ollove, The Pew Charitable Trusts
“Criminal justice policy should balance the interests of the whole community”
March 16, 2016: Meg McCarthy, the [Vermont] Commons Online
“Many Remembered, Some Forgotten: In Delta cemetery, inmates’ bodies lie”
March 13, 2016: Jeannie Roberts, arksansas online
“US panel weighs changes to program for aging, ailing inmates”
March 10, 2016: Eric Tucker, Associated Press
“Keeping rehabilitated inmates behind bars makes a mockery of America’s so-called ‘justice’ system”
March 9, 2016: Keri Blakinger, Quartz
“Older people in prison, the NY State parole board and the police” (audio)
March 3, 2016: Susan Arbetter interviews Attorney Robert J. Boyle, The Capitol Pressroom, WCNY.org
“Older prison inmates run up state health costs”
March 1, 2016: Joshua Bender, Capital News Service, (Michigan) Record & Clarion
“Criminal justice reform could transform Michigan”
February 29, 2016: Kary L. Moss, The Detroit News
“Life—It’s Worth a Second Look”
February 25, 2016: Daniel J. Wright, jurist.org
“The Purgatory of Prison: Life With(out) the Possibility of Parole”
February 23, 2016: Eddie Conway, Rattling the Bars on therealnews.com
“More Than 130 Maryland Lifers Adjust to Freedom After Court Ruling”
(Note: not one returns to prison)
and: “From a Life Term to Life on the Outside”
February 17 and 18, 2016: Robert Siegel, All Things Considered (npr.org)
“Prison-Release Program Debated in Hearing”
February 17, 2016: Tim Ryan, Courthouse News
“What Dying Looks Like in America’s Prisons”
February 16, 2016: Ann Neumann, the Atlantic
“No Place for Old Men”
February 15, 2016: Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer
“An unjust lockdown on paroles“
February 11, 2016: Lumumba Bandele & Eve Rosahn, Albany Times Union
“Days before release hearing, ‘model’ 94-year-old inmate dies in N.C.”
February 5, 2016: Ken Stone, mynewsla.com
“Inmate’s death leaves lessons for U.S. ‘justice’ system”
February 3, 2016: Nat Hentoff, Nick Hentoff, cato.org
Reducing LWOP for Youth Can Reduce Future Crisis of Aging in Prison”
January 28, 2016: RAPP, NationInside.org
“Dying in Prison for Love of Family”
January 27, 2016: Nat Hentoff, Nick Hentoff, cato.org
“Board Drags Its Feet on COMPAS”
January 21, 2016: Robert Boyle, Rukia Lumumba, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Eve Rosahn, Susan Tipograph, Michael Warren, New York Law Journal
“A Slow, Lonely Death in Prison”
January 20, 2016: Nat Hentoff, Nick Hentoff, cato.org