RAPP Submission to the UN Committee on Torture
June 27, 2016: Tomiko Shine, DC RAPP Read Here
Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System
April 23, 2016: Executive Office of the President of the United States Read Here
U.S. Sentencing Commission Public Hearing on Compassionate Release and Conditions of Supervision
(for Federal Bureau of Prisons) 48-minute video, February 17, 2016 Watch Here
Proposed amendments to Sentencing Guidelines (including sections on compassionate release/conditions of supervision)
February 15, 2016; public comment period ends 3/21/2016, United States Sentencing Commission Read Here
Supporting America’s Aging Prisoner Population: Opportunities and Challenges for Area Agencies on Aging
2016: National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Read Here
Aging in Prison: Reducing Elder Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety
November, 2015: a policy publication by RAPP, Center for Justice at Columbia University, and others; includes chapters by former heads of department of corrections and parole board
Campaign to Change Parole in New York: “Nature of the Crime”
May 18, 2015: Parole Justice Now! Watch Here
Analysis of United States Compassionate and Geriatric Release Laws: Towards a Rights-Based Response for Diverse Elders and Their Families and Communities
May 9, 2015: Be The Evidence and Cure International Read Here
The Impact of an Aging Inmate Population on the Federal Bureau of Prisons
May 2015 (revised, February 2016): U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General Read Here
It is Important to Understand Structural Barriers in Parole Advocacy
2015: Mujahid Farid, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Read Here
From the Warehouse to the Deathbed: Challenging the Conditions of Mass Death in Prison
Spring, 2015: Ernest K. Chavez, San Jose State University Read Here
Still Blocking the Exit: a report on parole-eligible lifers in the Maryland prison system who are denied release
January 20, 2015: Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative and ACLU of Maryland Read Here