“With Most Older Inmates Facing Homelessness Upon Release, Dromm Passes Legislation Aimed to Bring Them Help”
December 26, 2017: Christian Murray, Jackson Heights Post
“Aging inmates: Correctional Service of Canada has strategy in the works”
December 19, 2017: Lauren Krugel, National Post/The Canadian Press
“Dromm, RAPP Campaign Hail Passage of CARE Act”
December 19, 2017: New York City Council
“Our Prison Population is Getting Older and Older”
December 11, 2017: Michelle Chen, The Nation
“On the Count: Parole and Elders Update”
December 9, 2017: Alejo Rodriguez on WBAI.org (click here to hear the entire show)
“Pressure Builds on Bureau of Prisons to Release Elderly and Sick Inmates”
December 8, 2017: Mike Riggs, Reason
“Dozens of inmates may be released by new interpretation of old policy”
December 8, 2017: Jeremy Lazarus, Richmond Free Press
“Senators push for criminal justice reform”
December 8, 2017: Gray Rohrer, Orlando Sentinel
“Governors, think big on clemency”
November 29, 2017: Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News/Opinion
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign/RAPP on Law & Disorder
November 20, 2017: Mujahid Farid and Dave George interviewed by Heidi Boghosian and Michael Smith, Listen here
“Parole board changes 3-strikes stance after Pilot investigation, could free more than 200 inmates”
November 25, 2017: Tim Eberly, The Virginian-Pilot
“Past opinions provide perspective” (see item #2, “Tough on budgets”)
November 14, 2017: The Spokesman-Review
“Indiana ranks near bottom among states in health spending for prisoners”
November 13, 2017: John Russell, Indianapolis Business Journal
“The Ungers: Righting a miscarriage of justice”
November 12, 2017: Ted Koppel, CBS News
“A Vermont inmate’s untreated cancer seen as ‘torture’”
November 12, 2017: Dave Gram, VT Digger
“Execution Reinstated for Stroke-Addled Man on Death Row”
November 6, 2017: Barbara Leonard, Courthouse News
“Aging inmates add to prison costs”
November 4, 2017: Joe Mahoney, Press Republican/CNHI
“When Prisons Become Nursing Homes”
November, 2017: Mike Riggs, Reason
“The Moral Problem of Life-Without-Parole Sentences”
October 26, 2017: Brandon L. Garrett, Time
“As I See It: Medical Parole: Safe for communities, beneficial for taxpayers”
October 23, 2017: Dr. Julia Randall, Alexander Pomerantz and Constance Fontanet, the Telegraph
“Pew Study Calls for Better Monitoring of Prison Health Care”
October 19, 2017: TCR Staff, The Crime Report
“Collaborating Across the Walls: A Community Approach to Parole Justice”
October 14, 2017: Michelle Lewin and Nora Carroll, CUNY Law Review
“Top things you may have missed about policing this week”
October 14, 2017: USA Today
“Director says prison system in crisis”
October 11, 2017: Michelle Charles, Stillwater NewsPress
“Jerry Brown Signs Criminal Justice Reforms, Eases Prison Terms”
October 11, 2017: Marisa Lagos, KQED News
“Aging prisoners left to arbitrary process to win release”
October 2, 2017: Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang, Injustice Watch
“US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System”
September 30, 2017: Jean Trounstine, Truthout
“Board of Parole Adopts New Parole Release Regulation”
September 28, 2017: NY State Defenders Association, News Picks
“Aging Prisoners Receive Support from DC Locals”
September 29, 2017: Rhys Baker, Truth Machine
RAPP on Univision: “Conoce la fundacion que ayuda a los personas que cumplen largas condenas en la carcel a reintegrarse con la sociedad”
September 28, 2017: univision noticias
“More people than ever are dying in prison. Their caregivers? Other inmates.”
September 27, 2017: Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer/philly.com
“Calif. officials to consider whether age should determine release”
September 24, 2017: Don Thompson, Associated Press
“The Beating of Herman Bell”
September 14, 2017: dequi kioni-sadiki, The Amsterdam News
“Prisoners sentenced to life without parole as teens are now being freed”
September 7, 2017: Dennis Owens, abc27.com
“The Obama administration’s plan to deal with elderly prisoners isn’t working. Can it be fixed?”
September 5, 2017: Keith Humphreys, The Washington Post
“Why So Few Violent Offenders Are Let Out on Parole: A Q&A with Georgetown University professor Marc Morjé Howard on parole boards’ incentive to keep inmates in jail”
August 29, 2017: Maura Ewing, The Atlantic
“Parole Board ignores the capacity for change”
August 26, 2017: Barbara Hanson Treen, Albany Times-Union
(note: a slightly edited version of this article appeared first on the RAPPCampaign.com homepage)
“Oklahoma inmates sue Gov. Fallin, parole board over unsafe conditions”
August 24, 2017: Ali Meyer, Oklahoma’s News Channel 4
“The Practical Case for Parole for Violent Offenders”
August 8, 2017: Marc Morjé Howard, The New York Times
“Geriatric Parole Should Be Considered in Louisiana”
August 3, 2017: Elain Ellerbe, Right on Crime
“Why does the government want to keep elderly prisoners locked up on the taxpayer’s dime?
August 3, 2017: Bonnie Kristian, Rare
“Senators push federal prisons to expand compassionate release”
August 3, 2017: Lydia Wheeler, thehill.com
“Parole for young lifers inconsistent across US”
August 1, 2017: Sharon Cohen and Adam Geller, The Associated Press
“What Life is Like After a Life Sentence”
July/August 2017: Jessica Michaels, Mother Jones
“Congress Wants to Know Why the BOP Won’t Let Elderly Prisoners Go Home to Die”
July 28, 2017: Mike Riggs, Reason
“New York Now Considers Youth as a Factor for Inmates’ Parole”
July 21, 2017: The Associated Press
“Texas should stop spending billions to incarcerate so many people for life”
July 20, 2017: Ashley Nellis and Elizabeth Henneke, Tribtalk (Texas Tribune)
“Rikers May Close. So Should Attica.”
July 19, 2017: Steven Zeidman, The Gothamist
“‘Release Aging People in Prison’ Comes to Harrisburg”
July 18, 2017: Christopher Clymer Kurtz, The Takeaway, WMRA
“55 Years Behind Bars”
July 17, 2017: Jessica Pishko, Slate
“What Statistics Can’t Explain About Life on Parole”
July 17, 2017: Shaila Dewan, The New York Times
“The Reckoning Over Young Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole”
July 14, 2017: Matt Ford, The Atlantic
“Arizona State Prison Inmate: ‘We Are Not Being Treated As Human Beings”
July 14, 2017: Jimmie Jenkins, KJZZ
“It’s Time to Overhaul America’s Broken Probation and Parole Systems”
July 13, 2017: Topeka K. Sam, Open Society Foundation Voices
“Mass Incarceration: Prisoners of Time”
July 13, 2017: Ted Gest, The Crime Report
“Law change helps older inmate get parole”
July 9, 2017: Jimmie E. Gates, The Clarion-Ledger
“Florida agrees to make prisons more accessible for inmates with disabilities”
July 8, 2017: Elizabeth Koh, The Miami Herald
“For a few Louisiana lifers, a new chance at parole”
July 6, 2017: Julia O’Donoghue, The Times-Picayune
“Lawmakers Fail to Fix New York’s Broken, Stingy Parole System”
July 5, 2017: Victoria Law, The Village Voice
“Report details Department of Corrections population, budget, and operational crisis”
June 28, 2017: Heide Brandes, Red Dirt Report
“Corrections Chief: Oklahoma Lucky to Avoid Major Prison Riot”
June 27, 2017: Associated Press, U.S. News
RAPP on On the Count • Dave George & Mujahid Farid discuss changes to the parole board (audio)
June 24, 2017: Steve “Humble” Mangual, WBAI-FM
“Solutions remain elusive as elderly prisoners grow in number”
June 24, 2017: Miranda Moore, The Missourian
“Here’s how Louisiana parole will change under criminal justice reform”
June 23, 2017: Julia O’Donoghue, NOLA.com/The Times Picayune
“Activists want to limit solitary confinement, change parole board”
June 13, 2017: Rick Karlin, Albany TimesUnion
“Pennsylvania spends $20 million annually to keep juvenile lifers in prison”
June 13, 2017: Nicole Brambila, Reading Eagle
“Supreme Court weighs in on opportunities for teens sentenced to life in prison”
June 12, 2017: Ryan Lovelace, The Washington Examiner
“Aging Alone: Uncovering the Risk of Solitary Confinement for People Over 45”
June 12, 2017: Lucius Couloute, Solitary Watch
“For a growing share of Louisiana’s inmates, only chance for release lies with the governor—or the grave”
June 11, 2017: Bryan Stole, The Advocate
“Cuomo parole board nominees headed to Senate”
June 9, 2017: Nick Niedzwiadek, Politico New York
“Exposing the New York State Parole Board”
June 8, 2017: Northeast Political Prisoner Coalition, The Amsterdam News
“Lawmakers find compromise on sentencing juveniles to life without parole”
June 7, 2017: Rebekah Allen, The Advocate
“The Supreme Court Said His Prison Sentence Was Unconstitutional. He’s Still Behind Bars.”
June 6, 2017: Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones
“New York’s Parole System is ‘Broken,’ But Cuomo Can Help Fix It”
June 5, 2017: Victoria Law, the Village Voice
“With new sentence, Philly ‘juvenile lifer’ could gain freedom after nearly 40 years”
June 5, 2017: Aaron Moselle, Newsworks
“Letter to the Editor: Allow senior lifers to petition for parole review”
May 26, 2017: James Inge, The Reporter
“Oklahoma House OKs bill on parole for decrepit inmates”
May 24, 2017: Randy Ellis, The Oklahoman
“Facing old age behind bars: Photos illustrate aging inmates’ challenges”
May 22, 2017: Vincent Lim, USC News
“How to cut corrections”
May 19, 2017: Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio
“Bill allowing release of elderly prisoners goes to governor”
May 18, 2017: Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun
“After 50 years in prison, a second second chance”
May 18, 2017: Neal Rubin, The Detroit News
“Advocates want inmates eligible for parole who are no longer a risk to society released”
May 12, 2017: Nick Perreault, ABC News 10
“Formerly Incarcerated Call for Parole Reform” (video)
May 11, 2017: Capital Tonight staff, Spectrum News
“N.Y. must lift punitive practices of state’s parole board”
May 9, 2017: Mujahid Farid, Commentary, Times Union
“Aging Prisoners and the Law of Parole” (Audio)
May 8, 2017: RAPP on Law & Disorder Radio
“From Primary Care To Hospice: Treating Aging Inmates and Ex-Offenders”
May 8, 2017: Jeff Tyson and Lucy Nalpathanchil, WNPR
“Poll: Time spent in prison increases fears about retirement”
May 4, 2017: Maria Ines Zamudio, Associated Press
“Missouri House shoots down attempt to give elderly lifers chance at parole”
May 3, 2017: Austin Huguelet, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Police officer’s killer sues New York State over parole reversal”
April 28, 2017: Phil Fairbanks, Buffalo News
“Op-Ed: Parole Reform Needed in New Jersey”
April 26, 2017: Roseanne Scotti, NJ Spotlight
“Connecticut ‘model’ nursing home for paroled inmates to get federal funds”
April 26, 2017: Adam Wisnieski, New Haven Register
“Virginia Questions Whether to Release Older Prisoners”
April 24, 2017: Peter Dujardin, The Daily Press
“EDITORIAL: Bill would allow the release of some elderly prisoners”
April 22, 2017: Editorial board, Las Vegas Review-Journal
“New York’s Increase in Elderly Prisoners Sparks Debate on Parole”
April 21, 2017: Sarah Gibson, Uptown Radio (audio and transcript)
“California’s death row turning into home for seniors”
April 21, 2017: Phillip Reese, The Sacramento Bee
“In February, 51 Parole Denials, Zero Grants”
April 19, 2017: Harvey Yoder, Harvspot
“How the Bureau of Prisons locked down ‘compassionate release’”
April 18, 2017: Mary Price, Learn Liberty
“Tulsa World editorial: State considers special parole docket for aging prisoners”
April 14, 2017: World’s editorial writers, Tulsa World
“Health care falls short for aging inmates—BOP seeks better data”
April 14, 2017: Christopher Zoukis, Blogcritics Magazine
“Jails for the Sick and Elderly”
April 13, 2017: Gretchen Schuldt, Urban Milwaukee
“Are prison medical costs too expensive?”
April 11, 2017: Gary York, CorrectionsOne.com
“Increase in Older Inmates Challenges NY Prison System”
April 7, 2017: Office of the State Comptroller, Lansing Star
“Bill would allow elderly life without parole inmates a hearing on release”
April 7, 2017: Jason Taylor, Missourinet
“Inmates are dying to get out of Louisiana prisons. Time to change?”
April 7, 2017: Tim Morris, The NOLA Times-Picayune
“New York prisons see jump in older inmates”
April 6, 2017: Joe Mahoney, Press Republican
“When a man goes to prison, his children’s health suffers, too, study finds”
April 6, 2017: Max Blau, Stat
“Report: New York’s prison inmates getting older, health care costs rising”
April 5, 2017: Robert Harding, The Auburn Citizen
“Statement from A.G. Schneiderman on Comptroller Dinapoli’s ‘New York State’s Aging Prison Population’ Report”
April 4, 2017: Office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
“[NYS Comptroller] DiNapoli: Increase in Older Inmates Challenges New York’s Prison System”
April 4, 2017: News from the Office of the State Comptroller
“Angola is not only a prison, but a very expensive nursing home”
April 4, 2017: Mark Schindler and Barry Holman, The NOLA Times-Picayune
“Freed juvenile lifer finds emotional maze out of prison”
April 4, 2017: Neal Rubin, The Detroit News
“‘Geriatric parole’ ought to be an option in Louisiana: Editorial”
April 2, 2017: The Times-Picayune Editorial Board
“After Murder, A Second Chance”
April 1, 2017: Editorial Board, The New York Times
“Florida can reduce prison population”
March 29, 2017: Raymer Maguire and Scott McCoy, Miami Herald op-ed
“Two Tulsa moms who sold drugs likely to die in prison on life-without-parole sentences”
March 27, 2017: Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World
“Appeals Court Hears Juvenile Lifer Meadows’ Case: Pros. Kym Worthy Objected to Release After 47 Years”
March 24, 2017: Diane Bukowski, Voice of Detroit
“How long should Louisiana keep old, ill criminals in prison?”
March 22, 2017: Julia O’Donoghue, The Times-Picayune
“Vermont Inmate No. 144711 Is a 90-Year-Old Veteran”
March 22, 2017: Mark Davis, Seven Days
“Federal prisons look to improve health care for aging population”
March 20, 2017: Evan Fallor, Fedscoop
“Ill, elderly prisoners cost Fla. taxpayers more than $200M a year”
March 15, 2017: Dave Elias, NBC2
“Throwing Away the Key”
March 8, 2017: Jeff Proctor, Santa Fe Reporter
“What to do when aging prisoners are released?”
March 4, 2017: Claire Levy, The Denver Post
“Running Out of Time?”
March 2, 2017: Shavonne Robbins as told to Lisa Riordan Seville, The Marshall Project
“The Ford Report: Life Sentences are Slow Death Behind the Walls”
February 27, 2017: Glen Ford, The Real News and Black Agenda Report
“RAPP/Release Aging People in Prison Fights for the Rights of Older Inmates”
February 21, 2017: BK Stories, BRIC TV (video)
“Muncy state prison’s lady lifers talk of redemption”
February 16, 2017: Helen Ubinas, Philadelphia Inquirer
“This summer, O.J. Simpson is up for parole. How good are his chances of getting out of prison?”
February 14, 2017: Michael McCann and Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated
“Maryland should make parole a meaningful part of sentencing again”
February 13, 2017: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, The Washington Post
“Aging sex offenders have nowhere to go, Iowa prison director says”
February 13, 2017: Erin Jordan, The Gazette
“Everything You Think You Know About Mass Incarceration is Wrong”
February 9, 2017: Eli Hager and Bill Keller, The Marshall Project
“What we get wrong about mass imprisonment in America”
February 8, 2017: Keith Humphreys, The Washington Post
“Life Sentences Are Slow Death Behind the Walls”
February 7, 2017: Kim Brown, The Real News
“Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole”
February 4, 2017: Jean Trounstine, Truthout
“Bill Fixes Costly Elderly Prisoners Problem”
February 4, 2017: Nancy Smith, Sunshine State News
“Medical costs growing for Oklahoma’s aging prisoners”
January 28, 2017: Janelle Stecklein, The Pryor Creek, Oklahoma Times
“Four Sound Ways to Reduce Incarceration”
January 27, 2017: Harvey Yoder, Harvspot
“Reuniting an Aging Prison Population With Their Communities”
January 27, 2017: Marie Bonner interviews Dr. Tina Maschi, APA Journals Dialogue
“Texas: For Elderly Inmates, There’s More Than One Way to Die on Death Row”
January 24, 2017: Joy Diaz, KUT.org
“I am my brother’s keeper”
January 20, 2017: Steven Frasier, guest columnist, Fort Madison Daily Democrat
“Get governors out of parole decisions”
January 20, 2017: Editorial, The Baltimore Sun
“Children Sentenced to Life: A Struggle for the N.Y. Board of Parole” (Read as PDF)January 12, 2017: Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Avery P. Gilbert, and Christopher Seeds, New York Law Journal
“Politics & Prejudices: Prison and the mentally ill”
January 11, 2017: Jack Lessenberry, Detroit Metro Times
“Feds OK Nursing Home for Infirm, Elderly Parolees”
January 9, 2017: Katti Gray, The Crime Report
“Pennsylvania’s oldest female inmate—in prison for a 1971 Society Hill murder—dies at age 91”
January 6, 2017: Tommy Rowan, The Inquirer
“Why Keep the Old and Sick Behind Bars?”
January 3, 2017: The Editorial Board, The New York Times