June 23, 2022: Audrey Nielson, The Crime Report
New York parole reformers, after seeing their policy push stall, now look past the November elections
June 23, 2022: Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
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Will a Judge Force Cancer-Stricken Black Elder Mutulu Shakur to Die Behind Bars?
June 22, 2022: Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
Photo: Courtesy of Friends and Family of Dr. Shakur
Will a Judge Force Cancer-Stricken Black Elder Mutulu Shakur to Die Behind Bars?Read More
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’
Between the grueling schedule, copious paperwork, abrupt hearings and risk-averse colleagues, prison reformer Carol Shapiro realized the New York parole system was dysfunctional by design
June 17, 2021: Carol Shapiro as told to Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’Read More
Uptick in crime helps kill 2 New York parole bills
June 6, 2022: Susan Arbetter, Spectrum News/Capital Tonight
What’s In, What’s Out: 2022 State Legislative Session Ends with Major Policy Decisions
June 4, 2022: Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Gotham Gazette
What’s In, What’s Out: 2022 State Legislative Session Ends with Major Policy DecisionsRead More
Protestors erect prison graveyard outside New York Capitol amid prison crisis
June 1, 2022: Isabel Song Beer, AMNY
Protestors erect prison graveyard outside New York Capitol amid prison crisisRead More
ALBANY: Activists Demand Parole Justice
CBS 6: More than 70 New Yorkers, disproportionately Black elders, are projected to die in prison during the legislative recess if lawmakers don’t act. We’ve got enough support to pass Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole but we need @AndreaSCousins & @CarlHeastie to call a vote...
May 31, 2022: J.T. Fetch, CBS 6 News, WRGB Albany
Commentary: A victim and a man doing time for murder agree – we need to end violence
May 26, 2022: Kathleen Pequeño and Leroy Taylor, Times Union
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Freed from a double-life sentence, a long-imprisoned New Yorker urges Albany to find relief for others
May 19, 2022, Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
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How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved one
While incarcerated people were left to suffer behind prison walls during the first waves of the pandemic, their families were left to worry in the dark
May 16, 2022: Aiyuba Thomas and Tommaso Bardelli, Prism
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Advocates for parole reform make a pitch to lawmakers in Albany
May 11, 2022: Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
Arun Venugopal / Gothamist
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New York’s longest serving inmate who murdered 14-year-old granted parole
May 10, 2022: Panagiotis Argitis, Dan Gross, RochesterFirst.com/WROC
New York’s longest serving inmate who murdered 14-year-old granted paroleRead More
The Past Doesn’t Change But People Absolutely Do
May 9, 2022: Melissa Tanis, Amplified Voices: Criminal Legal Reform Advocates with Lived Experience (Spotify podcast)
Parole justice will be in focus at Bedford Playhouse
May 6, 2022: Jeff Morris, The Record-Review
Parole justice will be in focus at Bedford PlayhouseRead More