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April 11, 2020: NY Prisons New COVID-19 Webpage Raises Serious Questions • Advocates’s Press Release • COVID-19 Briefing

April 11, 2020: New York, New York

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New York State Prison System’s New COVID-19 Webpage and Database
Raises Serious Questions and Concerns about the Spread of Coronavirus in Prisons

Today, the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, Parole Preparation Project, #HALTsolitary Campaign, VOCAL-NY, Worth Rises, and Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club released the following statement in response to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) creating a new COVID-19 website and database:

“DOCCS’ new COVID-19 webpage and database raises serious questions and concerns about the spread of Coronavirus in New York State prisons. DOCCS did the right thing by releasing the webpage and database. New Yorkers deserve to know how this vicious virus is impacting and harming people in prison, and this is one way to ensure that.’

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April 7, 2020: Advocates Call for Clemency as COVID-19 Numbers in State Prisons Hit Record Highs • COVID-19 Briefing

March 7, 2020: New York, New York

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Today, the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, Parole Preparation
Project, #HALTsolitary Campaign, VOCAL-NY, and Worth Rises released the following statement after new data reveals COVID-19 cases in New York state prisons have reached record highs:

“New York’s 52 state prisons are increasingly infected with COVID-19. New data published today by WETM-18 reveals that 55 incarcerated people and 319 staff in the state prison system have tested positive for the virus. Despite this continued crisis, Governor Cuomo told the Albany press corps at his daily news briefing today that there is ‘nothing new’ regarding the state’s efforts to grant clemencies but they’re ‘looking at that continually.’

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