SATURDAY, March 26, 2022: Door Knock for Parole Justice!
After postponing our door-knocking efforts this winter due to Covid-19, we’re relaunching this critical work! Knock on doors in NYC, Westchester, Rockland, the Hudson Valley, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Capitol District, …
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022, 7:00 pm • Join NY Progressive Action Network & Our Revolution for a Town Hall on Bail Reform
Hosts: NYPAN (@NYPANetwork) & Our Revoluition (@OurRevolution) + Cohosts: RAPP (@RAPPcampaign), Long Island Activists (@LI_Activists), NYCLU (@NYCLU), Together We Will Long Island (@twwliny), The Long Island Social Justice Action Network …
Executive inaction: States and the federal government fail to use commutations as a release mechanism
April, 2022: Prison Policy Initiative: “Our survey of eight states found an average of one commutation for every 10,000 imprisoned people each year…”
NEW YORK STATE LEADERS: NO ROLLBACKS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS!
Letter from civil rights, criminal justice reform, democracy, and philanthropic leaders and organizations to Governor Hochul, Lieutenant Governor Benjamin, and legislative leaders
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 7 pm • Virtual Briefing on Bail Reform, Discovery, Raise the Age, Clean Slate and Other Criminal Justice Provisions in the NYS Budget
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL • BAIL REFORM, DISCOVERY, RAISE THE AGE, CLEAN SLATE AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROVISIONS IN THE BUDGET
Parole Justice Now: Confronting Death by Incarceration in New York
March 22, 2022: Jonah Walters, Nonprofit Quarterly
Senior citizens serving federal sentences have fallen through the cracks
March 18, 2022: Carrie Johnson, NPR/WNYC
Letter: Endless incarceration not the answer
March 11, 2022: Chel Miller, Times Union
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm • Parole Justice is Gender Justice Virtual Advocacy Day
On March 9, the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice held its second annual Parole Justice is Gender Justice (Virtual) Advocacy Day Sponsored by People’s Campaign for Parole Justice, New Hour …
CONGRESSMEMBER NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY, AND STATE LAWMAKERS JOINED FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN, TRANSGENDER, AND NON-BINARY NEW YORKERS IN WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE SUPPORTING PAROLE REFORM
March 9, 2022: Press Release PARTICIPANTS CALLED FOR PASSAGE OF ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS AS PART OF ‘PAROLE JUSTICE IS GENDER JUSTICE’ ADVOCACY DAY WITH 650 …