Prison officials to close 6 facilities in New York state
November 8, 2021: Nick Reisman, Spectrum News 1
New York to Close 6 Prisons, Including Seneca County Drug Treatment Center
November 8, 2021: Jeremy Boyer, Auburn Pub
New York state will close six prisons, citing 31-year low in inmate population
November 8, 2021: Denis Slattery and Graham Rayman, New York Daily News
Southport Correctional Facility among 6 NY prisons to close in 2022
November 8, 2021: Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, The Evening Tribune
Saturday, November 6, 2021 • “The Interview” Exclusive Screening + Fall Community Gathering for Parole Justice
1pm-4pm, 1725 Brentwood Rd. Brentwood, NY 11717 • Join RAPP and LISJAN for a film screening and fall gathering to learn more about the Parole Justice movement and be in …
Thursday, November 4, 2021 • Monthly SURJ NYC Chapter Meeting
6:30 • NYC’s chapter meeting of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) will talk about #ParoleJusticeNY and a door-knocking campaign for parole justice with their partners @RAPPcampaign
Jose Saldaña to NYT: Parole Aging Prisoners
November 2, 2021: Jose Saldaña, New York Times
Saturday, October 30, 2021 • Community Gathering and Film Screening of “The Interview” in Support of #ParoleJusticeNY
1:30pm-4:00pm, 1725 Brentwood Rd. Brentwood, NY 11717 • Join RAPP and LISJAN for a film screening and fall gathering to learn more about the Parole Justice movement and be in …
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 • Creating Antiracist Community: Solidarity, Decarceration, Abolition • Virtual Teach-In
7:00-9:00pm • Hear Mark Shervington (RAPP), Kahlil Bey (CNY Alliance of Families for Justice), Rochelle Matthews (Ithaca Pantheras), Carl Williams (movement lawyer/organizer): inspiring speakers who know firsthand about the devastating …
More Than A Number
Older New Yorkers are dying in state prisons at an alarming rate. Once and for all, they need to come home to their families. October 27, 2021: Wilfredo Laracuente, Inquest
Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons
October 25, 2021: Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Nation
Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
October 23, 2021: Ben Austen and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, The New York Times
October 22-24, 2021, NYC • International Tribunal
In the Spirit of Mandela, on violations of the human rights of political prisoners by the U.S.
NAACP’s Hazel Dukes calls on Gov. Hochul to back New York parole reforms
October 18, 2021: Denis Slattery, New York Daily News
New report on prison deaths comes as New York lawmakers push for reforms
October 15, 2021: Ashley Hupfl, WAMC Northeast Public Radio
About 1,300 died in NY state prisons in the last decade, research shows
October 13, 2021: Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, lohud.
Report outlines death rates for older adults incarcerated in New York
October 12, 2021: Rachel Vick, Queens Daily Eagle
More older New Yorkers dying in prison — even as overall deaths drop
October 12, 2021: Noah Goldberg, New York Daily News