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2018

March 29, 2021

“Officer’s alleged assault on 86-year-old inmate shines light on graying prison population”
December 29, 2018: Boston Herald

“Elderly inmates on the rise in Massachusetts, nationally”
December 29, 2018: Jonathan Ng, Boston Herald

“Prison advocates push Cuomo to commute sentences of domestic violence survivors and elderly prisoners”
December 24, 2018: Reuven Blau, New York Daily News

“Research analysis: Identifying elderly inmates’ healthcare needs”
December 19, 2018: C1 Staff, CorrectionsOne

“Bill Aims to Improve Compassionate Release of Prisoners”
December 19, 2018: Maui Now

“Why today’s criminal justice reform efforts won’t end mass incarceration”
December 21, 2018: John Pfaff, America, the Jesuit Review

“Michigan spending one-fifth of its general fund budget on prisoners”
December 19, 2018: Kristen Gordon Shamus, Detroit Free Press

“200 elderly lifers got out of prison en masse. Here’s what happened next.”
December 12, 2018: Samantha Melamed, The Inquirer
(this story also ran as “Study of 200 released elderly lifers reveals 3 percent recidivism rate” in CorrectionsOne)

“Elderly in Prison: A Curated Collection of Links”
December 11, 2018: The Marshall Project

“Criminal Justice Advocates Seek Reforms Next Session”
December 7, 2018: Liz Benjamin with RAPP, Capital Tonight/Spectrum News

“Incarcerated NYers Ask Cuomo to Help Them Come Home for the Holidays”
December 7, 2018: Victoria Law, The Gothamist

“Several Roads Lead to Decarceration, All of Which Should Be Taken”
December 6, 2018: Steven Zeidman, The Gotham Gazette

“Former Prisoner, Jailhouse Lawyer Mujahid Farid Has Died”
December 5, 2018: Laura Whitehorn, Prison Legal News

“The graying of Pennsylvania’s prisons”
December 5, 2018: Karen Lee and Tomiko Shine interviewed by ACLU-PA on soundclooud

“Forum on Parole System Reform”
December 3, 2018: Bronxnet

“Study: Prison Release of Older People is Safe, Saves Money”
November 29, 2018: Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service

“Mujahid Farid, Ex-Prisoner Who Advocated for Older Inmates, Dies”
November 28, 2018: Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times

“Senate Democrats Take Aim At Parole Board”
November 28, 2018: Morning Memo, State of Politics

“A break for the ailing”
November 27, 2018: Editorial Board, Daily Press

“Prison advocates call for massive parole board reforms”
November 27, 2018: Reuven Blau, New York Daily News

“Mujahid Farid, Who Fought For Elderly Prisoner Releases, Dies at 69”
November 21, 2018: Headlines, Democracy Now!

“‘Paroling Grandpa’: Study Finds 3% Recidivism Rate Among Elderly Ex-Inmates”
November 19, 2018: TCR Staff, The Crime Report

“Nonprofit points to Maryland Unger cases as proof oldest prisoners should be set free”
November 15, 2018: Tim Prudente, The Baltimore Sun

“Criminal justice activists press New York state lawmakers to enact bold reforms”
November 14, 2018: Reuven Blau, New York Daily News

“EXCLUSIVE: Public defender groups calling for major criminal justice reforms by state”
November 14, 2018: Kenneth Lovett, New York Daily News

“Could Releasing More Prisoners Help Lower Costs?”
November 13, 2018: Mallory Noe-Payne, Radio WVTF

“Letter: Look at whole picture of prison system”
November 10, 2018: Suzanne Varner, Del Norte Triplicate

“End Mass Imprisonment”
November 4, 2018: Steven Zeidman, The New York Times (letter)

“New York State’s elderly prison boom: An update”
November 1, 2018: Maddy Troilo, Prison Policy Initiative

“Should prosecutors and survivors have a voice in shortening long sentences?
October 25, 2018: Jorge Renaud, Prison Policy Initiative

“As Prison Populations Age, the Fight Over Parole Heats Up”
October 23, 2018: Brian Gordon, The Ink NYC

“I-Team: The costs of housing aging inmates”
October 23, 2018: Amy Phillips, 22WWLP.com (print and video)

“Parolees deserve justice”
October 20, 2018: Nora Carroll and Dave George, Times Union

“Finding Meaning After Decades Behind Bars”
October 16, 2018: Elizabeth Gaynes, The New York Times (letter)

“South Dakota board to hear first ‘compassionate parole’ case”
October 15, 2018: James Nord, Associated Press/Star Tribune

“Missouri violated rights of inmates convicted as juveniles who are serving life without parole, judge says”
October 14, 2018: Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Campaign for Prison Reform ‘The Heat Inside’”
October 13, 2018: Racheeda Bell, The Florida-Georgia Star

“Letter: Consider parole for suffering inmates”
October 9, 2018: Barbara Zeller, MD, Times Union

“‘Blind man denied a cane’: Louisiana State Penitentiary medical care lawsuit heads to trial”
October 8, 2018: Joe Gyan, Jr., The Advocate

“Advocates Encourage Voting Rights for NY Parolees”
October 7, 2018: Stacy M. Brown, Amsterdam News

“The Prison ‘Old-Timers’ Who Gave Me Life”
October 6, 2018: Darnell Epps, The New York Times

“Fear-mongering Versus Reality in New York Parole”
October 5, 2018: Steven Zeidman, Gotham Gazette

“What elderly inmates—like Bill Cosby—have to look forward to in prison”
October 3, 2018: Alessandra Malta, MarketWatch

“Senate Parole Board Hearings, Day One Recap”
October 2, 2018: The Morning Memo, Spectrum News

“Senate Democrats say Republican-led parole hearings are a ploy”
October 1, 2018: Rosa Goldensohn, Politico

“The cynical, misguided pushback on New York’s parole board”
October 1, 2018: Elizabeth Gaynes, New York Daily News

“Senate GOP reviews New York’s parole process”
October 1, 2018: David Lombardo, Albany Times-Union

“State senator impeding Parole Board reforms”
September 29, 2018: Eve Rosahn, Letter, Albany Times-Union

“Cuomo must reshape state’s Parole Board”
September 29, 2018: David George and Laura Whitehorn, Opinion, Albany Times-Union

“Fighting to End the Other Death Sentence: Life Without Parole”
September 16, 2018: Jean Trounstine, Truthout

“Medical neglect is killing U.S. prisoners”
September 7, 2018: Estaban Guevara, Liberation

“Legislators Explore Causes, Consequences of Older Inmates”
September 4, 2018: Amanda Essex, National Conference of State Legislatures

“Cuomo Ordered an Investigation of Racial Bias in Prisons. Nearly 2 Years Later, It’s Not Done.”
September 4, 2018: Tyler Pager, The New York Times

“Here are the criminal justice issues Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon should debate”
August 28, 2018: Emma Whitford, The Appeal

“Parole Board Issues”
August 27, 2018: Susan Arbetter interviews Jose Saldana and Dave George of RAPP; Tim Williams, Capitol Tonight

“Ohio’s aging prison population is adding costs for their care”
August 26, 2018: Laura Bischoff, Springfield News-Sun

“In the Spotlight: The Importance of Who Sits on Parole Boards”
August 23, 2018: Sarah Lustbader and Vaidya Gullapalli, The Appeal

“LI correctional facility carves out a separate space for older inmates”
August 23, 2018: Michael O’Keeffe, Newsday

“Primarily New York: Parole”
August 23, 2018: Brian Lehrer, WNYC

“The case for releasing violent offenders early”
August 21, 2018: Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian

“Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP on Law and Disorder Radio”
August 20, 2018: Jose Saldana and Dave George interviewed by Heidi Boghosian, Law and Disorder Radio

“With overcrowding prison populations, Idaho lawmakers consider reforms”
August 16, 2018: News, Inlander

“Inside Perspectives on a Staffing Crisis A Report Says is Preventing Parole Justice in New York”
August 14, 2018: Errol Louis, Inside City Hall/NY1

“Prisoner Advocates Say Parole Board is Understaffed and Overwhelmed”
August 14, 2018: Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC News

“Reforming the State Parole Board”
August 14, 2018: Capital Tonight Staff, Spectrum News Capital Region

“Cuomo’s parole board is woefully short-staffed and includes two political hacks, advocates say”
August 14, 2018: Reuven Blau and Stephen Rex Brown, New York Daily News

“Police Unions’ Opposition to Prison Reform is About More Than Jobs—It’s About Racism”
August 14, 2018: Natasha Lennard, The Intercept

“Joe James, cancer-stricken killer of correction officer, died in prison at age 70; was justice really served?”
August 12, 2018: Reuven Blau, New York Daily News

“Violent offenders, often victims themselves, need more compassion and less punishment”
August 9, 2018: Bruce Western, USA Today

“Gov. Walker: ‘No value’ to visiting state prisons”
August 8, 2018: Mitch Reynolds, 1410WIZM News Talk

“I want the Board of Pardons to release my brother’s killer from prison. Why won’t they listen?”
August 7, 2018: Mitzi Birli Foulke, Philadelphia Inquirer

“Will Governor Cuomo Give Roy Bolus a Second Chance?”
August 6, 2018: Max Rivlin-Nadler, Gothamist

“Cuomo’s Parole Board Creates A ‘System of Hopelessness,’ Advocates Say”
August 7, 2018: Victoria Law, Gothamist

“Just Treatment: Exploring Cancer Care for Prisoners”
August 2, 2018: Erik Ness, Cure

“Tempering the Cost of Aging, Dying in Prison With the Demands of Justice”
August 1, 2018: Chris Burrell and Jenifer McKim, WGBH Radio

“When Parole Boards Trump the Supreme Court”
July 30, 2018: Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project

“That Night, It Never Ends: A Story of Life With or Without Parole”
June 28, 2018: J. Malcolm Garcia, Guernica

“Pass Prison Reform, Bronx Leaders to Gov. Cuomo”
July 27, 2018: Bronx Voice

“Records of Illinois parole board show just how rarely inmates win release”
July 27, 2018: Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang, Injustice Watch

“Orange is the New Black – Healthcare for Prisoners”
July 27, 2018: 24-7PressRelease, Digital Journal

“The Message Trump’s Pardons Are Sending Further Amplifies Sytemic Injustice. Here’s Why”
July 27, 2018: Yazmine Nichols, Blavity

“Ending mass incarceration requires bold leadership”
July 26, 2018: Cynthia Nixon, The Amsterdam News

“Proyectos de ley garantizaria justicia a comunidades minoritarias”
July 26, 2018: Telemundo 47

“Aging prisoners present unique challenges”
July 18, 2018: The Oklahoman Editorial Board, NewsOK

“Michigan Man Resentenced in Juvenile Lifer Case”
July 11, 2017: AP; U.S. News and World Report

“NJ may start setting more prisoners free for health reasons”
July 8, 2018: Dino Flammia, New Jersey 101.5

“Wisconsin’s prisons are a mess, which Governor Walker has made worse. But we can fix this.”
July 6, 2018: Emily Mills, Journal Sentinel

“Democrats running for governor call for slashing prison population”
July 5, 2018: Patrick Marley, Journal Sentinal

“State-By-State Analysis Shows Confusing & Problematic Rules And Delays Make Compassionate Release A Rarity”
June 29, 2018: Taylor Walker, Witness LA

“What life is like for the U.S.’s increasingly elderly prison populations”
June 27, 2018: Kenneth Dickerman and Lucy Nicholson, The Washington Post

“Why Do We Keep Our Aging Prisoners Behind Bars?”
June 26, 2018: Marc Schindler and Jeremy Kittredge, The Crime Report

“For Justice and Decarceration, Enact Second-Look Sentencing”
June 26, 2018: Steven Zeidman, Gotham Gazette

“Prison Is No Place For the Elderly—Even Paul Manafort”
June 22, 2018: Evie Litwock, The Forward

“Addressing the Challenges Posed by an Aging Prison Population”
June 22, 2018: Dr. Michael Pittaro, In Public Safety

“Cuomo the Merciless”
June 20, 2018: Victoria Law, Gothamist

“Caring for California’s aging prisoners”
June  19, 2018: Sharon Bernstein (photos: Lucy Nicholson), Reuters The Wider Image

“Inside the prison hospice where no inmate dies alone”
June 19, 2018: Jane Ross, Reuters

“Overtime pay for prison nurses costs millions of tax dollars”
June 18, 2018: AP article in The Virginian-Pilot

“Seniors call for parole reform for elderly prisoners”
June 5, 2018: Trevor Boyer, New York Daily News

“House takes first steps toward prison reform/Incarcerated and elderly”
May 30, 2018: Rob Holmes, World

“By 2030, 1 in 3 US Prisoners Will Be Over 50”
May 29, 2018: Michelle Chen, The Nation

“Alternative needed for elderly, sick Mass. inmates”
May 27, 2018: Editorial Board, The Boston Globe

“Should Older Prisoners Get a Pass Just Because They’re Old?”
May 25, 2018: Robin Seaton Jefferson, Forbes

“FIRST STEP Act Represents Last Hope for Sick and Elderly in Prison”
May 23, 2018: Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar, The Daily Caller

“Is the ‘First Step Act’ real reform?
May 22, 2018: Justin George, The Marshall Project

“State wants to show compassion to ill inmates—and save money”
May 21, 2018: Jenifer McKim, The Boston Globe
This article also ran as “With aging prison population, Massachusetts looks to possible cost-saving, compassionate fix,” New England Center for Investigative Reporting

“Call for State to Address Crisis of Aging in Prisons”
May 17, 2018: Jarrett Murphy, City Limits

“Prison reformers call for action as New York’s population of elderly inmates increases”
May 17, 2018: Kristin Toussaint, Metro US

“The Rising Cost of Incarcerating the Elderly”
May 17, 2018: TCR Staff, The Crime Report

“Keeping older inmates locked up is costing New York State taxpayers a fortune, report shows”
May 16, 2018: Reuven Blau, New York Daily News

“Report: Aging prison population will cost NY more”
May 16, 2018: The Associated Press, The Seattle Times

“Where Both Patients and Caregivers Are Prisoners”
May 16, 2018: Suleika Jaquad, The New York Times Magazine (The Health Issue)

“David George and Prison Abolition”
May 14, 2018: T. Jackson, Medium

“Juvenile Offenders in New York Find Parole a Distant Hope”
May 14, 2018: Katie Rose Quandt, The Village Voice

“Changing Parole Boards Is One Step Toward Weakening Mass Incarceration”
May 7, 2018: David George, TruthOut

“167 Illinois prisoners serving life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles”
May 6, 2018: Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang, Injustice Watch/The Chicago Sun-Times

“State Senate backs parole reform after Herman Bell’s release”
May 1, 2018: Glenn Blain, The Daily News

“How the aging prison population challenges correctional facilities”
May 1, 2018: Dr. Michael Pittaro, corrections.com

“If Bill Cosby goes to jail, he’ll be one of many older Americans in the prison system”
April 28, 2018: Alessandro Malito, MarketWatch

“South Carolina must build on its criminal justice reform success”
April 26, 2018 Marc Hyden, The Charleston Post and Courier

“Federal Prison Populations Are Booming – A Look At Who’s Behind Bars”
April 25, 2018: Phil Pruitt and Chance Seales, kivitv.com

“Louisiana considers giving more old prisoners a chance at parole”
April 24, 2018: Julia O’Donoghue, The Times Picayune

“Herman Bell and the Future of NYS Parole”
April 23, 2018: Susie Day, Gay City News

“Release programs for sick and elderly prisoners could save millions. But states rarely use them.”
April 18, 2018: Gina Barton, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Is justice best served by never-ending punishment?”
April 16, 2018: Michael B. Mushlin and Bennett L. Gershman, The Albany Times-Union (if you can’t read it on the web, click here for PDF)

“Stop the PBA’s attempt to reverse justice for Herman Bell”
April 12, 2018: NYS Assembly Member Charles Barron, The Amsterdam News
Note: In response to this letter, the NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus issued a statement supporting the Board of Parole’s decision

“Our Parole System is Broken. How Do We Fix It?”
April 12, 2018: Cindy Rodriguez interviews Victoria Law and Katie Rose Quandt, Midday on WNYC

“Hard-Won Parole Board Reforms Under Attack in New York”
April 6, 2018: Kanya D’Almeida, Rewire.News

“Judge Suspends Release of Herman Bell, Elderly Black Panther Jailed 45 Years, Amid Police Pressure”(Part One)
April 6, 2018: Amy Goodman interviews RAPP’s Jose Saldana and Attorney Robert Boyle on Democracy Now!

“Judge Halts Release of Herman Bell Despite NY’s Attempts to Parole More Low-Risk, Elderly Prisoners” (Part Two)
April 6, 2018: Amy Goodman interviews Jose Saldana and Robert Boyle on Democracy Now! (continuation)

“Did Parole Board Get it Right?”
April 2, 2018: RAPP Associate Director Dave George, New York Daily News

“Herman Bell Granted Parole After 45 Years”
April 2, 2018: RAPP’s Jose Saldana and Laura Whitehorn on Law & Disorder Radio

“Herman Bell is on the Verge of Freedom, But Politics Might Stand in his Way”
March 30, 2018: Renée Feltz, The Indypendent

“Why the Backlash to Former Black Panther Herman Bell’s Parole Risks Setting a Dangerous Precedent”
March 29, 2018: Natasha Lennard, The Intercept

“Dying in Prison”
March 28, 2018: Betsy Kaplan, Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf, WNPR

“Senate bill could give inmates sentenced to life in prison a second chance”
March 27, 2018: Matt Heckel, JET 24 Action News (Erie, PA)

“The Meaning of Parole”
March 27, 2018: Barbara Treen, The New York Times

“Can Police Opposition Overturn Parole Reform?”
March 27, 2018: Victoria Law, In Justice Today

“Herman Bell Gains Parole as Cuomo, De Blasio Lose Ethics”
March 27, 2018: Susie Day, Gay City News

“Prison, Parole, and Justice”
March 26, 2018: Liz Benjamin, Capital Tonight (interview with Senator Kevin Parker and RAPP’s Laura Whitehorn)

“New York Forgets Its Juvenile Lifers”
March 24, 2018: The Editorial Board, The New York Times

“Why should we keep murderers in prison until they die?”
March 20, 2018: Bruce Western and Bernard E. Harcourt, The New York Daily News

“Don’t Let Parole Become a Meaningless Concept”
March 18, 2018: Editorial Board, The New York Times

“Some Passion for Compassion?” (Update on the GRACE Act)
March 15, 2018: Thomas L. Root, Legal Information Services Associates (LISA)

“Outdated Ideas About Violent Crime Hurt Victims and Trap Offenders”
March 12, 2018: F.T. Green, City Limits

“House plan would allow sick prisoners to transfer to specialized medical facilities”
March 9, 2018: Chris Galford, The Peninsula

“Proposed, cutting-edge law would improve prison, mental health options”
March 9, 2018: Sharon Stone, Fenton, MI Tri-County Times

“Matthew T. Mangino: Few prisoners benefit from compassionate release”
March 9, 2018: Matthew T. Mangino, Sturgis Journal

“New York plan puts spotlight on graying of U. S. prison population”
March 8, 2018: Mark Miller, Reuters

“The False Hope of Parole”
March 8, 2018: Katie Rose Quandt, The Outline

“Frail, Old, and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is a Coffin”
March 7, 2018: Christie Thompson, The New York Times
This story also appeared as:
“Old, Sick and Dying in Shackles”
March 7, 2018: Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project

“House ok’s bill to release ‘medically frail’ inmates”
March 7, 2018: Jonathan Oosting, Detroit News Lansing Bureau

“Glendening, former Md. governor, says he was wrong to deny ‘lifers’ early release”
March 7, 2018: Rachel Chason and Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post

“NY gov Cuomo proposes changes to state parole system”
March 5, 2018: AP, WCAX

“Too Old to Be Executed? Supreme Court Considers an Aging Death Row”
March 5, 2018: Adam Liptak, The New York Times

“Life in Louisiana: People aging in prison seek a second chance”
March 5, 2018: Elizabeth Johnson, Southern Poverty Law Center News

“DOC Meeting met with protests”
March 2, 2018: WMTV

“Ruchell Magee, longest held political prisoner in the world, heads to parole hearing”
March 2, 2018: Ruchell Cinque Magee, San Francisco BayView

“Legislation to Improve Compassionate Prison Release Process”
February 28, 2018: Big Island Now

“California’s top court strikes down 50-year sentences for juveniles”
February 28, 2018: Moura Nolan, The Los Angeles Times

“The Cruelty of Executing the Sick and Elderly”
February 27, 2018: Matt Ford, The New Republic

“Florida is afraid of its prison system. Here’s what lawmakers want to do about it.”
February 18, 2018: Mary Ellen Klas and Emily L. Mahoney, The Miami Herald

“Last Mile, Second Chances: Senior Incarceration” (Part 1 and Part 2)
February 18, 2018: Topeka K. Sam, SiriusXM – interview with Donna Hylton and Mujahid Farid

“81 Federal Prisoners Have Died While Waiting for the Government to Decide if They Were Sick Enough to Go Home”
February 13, 2018: Mike Riggs, Reason

“The Problem With Parole”
February 12, 2018: The Editorial Board, The New York Times

“Plan to release sick and aging prisoners”
February 7 2018: Berkeley Brean, WHEC

“Report highlights suggestions for Florida prison reform”
February 1, 2018: Tom Urban, WMFE

“How mass incarceration harms U.S. health, in 5 charts”
February 1, 2018: Emily Nagisa Keehn and J. Wesley Boyd, Salon

“Bill Tracker: Creating parole for elderly and infirm”
February 1, 2018: Joshua Vaughn, The Sentinel

“The Law of Parole: Stop Punishing Good Behavior”
January 30, 2018: David Lenefsky, New York Law Journal

“Elderly Prisoners Passed Over for Parole”
January 30, 3018: Sandy Hausman, WVTF

“Ten inmates cost Nebraska taxpayers $2.4 million in medical costs last year”
January 30, 2018: Andrew Ozaki, KETV Omaha

“TJ Donovan: If you build it, you gotta fill it”
January 22, 2018: Attorney General TJ Donovan, Vermont Biz

“Why I Am Not a Recidivist”
January 22, 2018: Jeremiah Bourgeois, The Crime Report

“Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year. And they died younger than past years.”
January 21, 2018: Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald (reprinted in Tampa Bay Times)

“Florida prisoners are laying it down”
January 21, 2018: Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson, SF BayView

“Berks judge: Criminal justice system needs fixing”
January 19, 2018: Dawn Wivell, WFMZ News

“Cuomo’s money-saving mercy: parole for old, sick inmates”
January 18, 2018: Editorial Board, New York Post

“Cuomo looks to free old, sick inmates in bid to save money”
January 17, 2018: Carl Campanile, New York Post

“Missouri Offenders Help Their Peers Come to Terms with Death”
January 10, 2018: Jake Cookson, Madison Fleck, Kat Jennings, Aviva Okeson-Haberman, KBIA

“Cuomo eyes bail reform, other criminal justice changes in 2018”
January 3, 2018: Robert Harding, Auburn Citizen (blog)

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