January 17, 2022: Statement
BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS
ADVOCATES RESPOND TO NY STATE COMPTROLLER REPORT FINDING CONTINUING RISE IN THE NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS IN NY PRISONS AMID CRISIS OF DEATH BEHIND BARS
January 13, 2022: Press Release
THE REPORT FOUND A GROWING AGING POPULATION IN PRISON EVEN AS THE OVERALL POPULATION DECLINED
NY LAWMAKERS, FORMER PAROLE BOARD COMMISSIONER, NAACP-NY STATE & NEW YORKERS IMPACTED BY MASS INCARCERATION HOST FIRST MAJOR DAY OF ACTION FOR PAROLE REFORM IN 2022
January 11, 2022: Press Release
As Part of a Virtual Advocacy Day with 750 Participants from Across NY State, Speakers Called for Action to Pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole Bills at Start of 2022 Legislative Session
ADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON FIRST DAY OF 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION & GOV. HOCHUL’S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
January 5, 2022: Press Release
Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State address and the Legislature began its 2022 session. The Governor’s address includes one of the platform priorities of the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice, namely fully staffing the Parole Board. In response, Jose Saldaña, Director of the Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Campaign, released the following statement…
AHEAD OF 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MANHATTAN & BROOKLYN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, NY LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES IN PRISON CALL FOR PAROLE JUSTICE
January 4, 2022: Press Release
Amid the Omicron Crisis Behind Bars, Statewide Coalition Held Press Conference Calling for Passage of the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole Bills on Day 1
ON EVE OF 2022 NY STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION & STATE OF STATE ADDRESS, ADVOCATES RESPOND TO ANOTHER INCARCERATED PERSON DYING OF COVID-19
January 3, 2022: Press Release
ADVOCATES CALL ON STATE LAWMAKERS TO PASS ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS ON DAY ONE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 SURGE AND PROMOTE JUSTICE
INCARCERATED PERSON AT ATTICA DIES OF COVID-19, ADVOCATES DEMAND NEW YORK LEADERS TAKE ACTION
December 29, 2021: Press Release
FIVE INCARCERATED PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID IN NY STATE PRISONS IN DECEMBER AMID OMICRON SURGE
ADVOCATES EXPRESS GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT IN GOV. HOCHUL’S DECISION TO GRANT ONLY ONE CLEMENCY TO AN INCARCERATED PERSON THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, CALL ON HER TO GRANT MORE CLEMENCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
ADVOCATES DECLARE COVID EMERGENCY IN NY STATE PRISONS AFTER ANOTHER DEATH, CALL ON GOV. HOCHUL AND LAWMAKERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
December 21, 2021: Press Release
THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN NY STATE PRISONS HAS INCREASED 35% SINCE DEC. 10
FOLLOWING COVID DEATH AT CENTRAL NY PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE
December 21, 2021: Press Release
THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN NY STATE PRISONS HAS INCREASED 33% IN ONE WEEK
FOLLOWING COVID DEATH AT CENTRAL NY PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICERead More
AMID COVID SPIKE & FOLLOWING ANOTHER DEATH IN NY WOMEN’S PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE
December 20, 2021: Press Release
THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN NY STATE PRISONS HAS INCREASED 30% IN ONE WEEK
FAMILIES SEPARATED BY MASS INCARCERATION HOLD RALLY WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FAITH LEADERS AND DELIVER HOLIDAY WISHLIST OF CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE
December 14, 2021: Press Release
SPEAKERS ADDED THE NAMES OF THEIR INCARCERATED LOVED ONES TO OVERSIZE HOLIDAY CARDS BEFORE DELIVERING THEM TO GOV. HOCHUL • SPEAKERS STOOD BEHIND A FULLY SET HOLIDAY TABLE WITH EMPTY CHAIRS SYMBOLIZING MISSING INCARCERATED LOVED ONES
December 9th, 2021, 12pm • Zoom press conference • New York State Legislators & Advocates to Unveil Justice Agenda for 2022
December 9, 2021: Media Advisory
Justice Roadmap 2022 Will Enable Needed Changes to New York’s Criminal Legal and Immigration Systems
ADVOCATES RESPOND TO GOV. HOCHUL’S CEREMONIAL PARDONING OF A TURKEY BEFORE GRANTING CLEMENCY TO A SINGLE INCARCERATED NEW YORKER
November 24, 2021, Press Release
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LANGUISHING IN NY STATE PRISONS HAVE PENDING CLEMENCY APPLICATIONS
AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS, FAMILIES SEPARATED BY MASS INCARCERATION JOIN ELECTED OFFICIALS & FAITH LEADERS TO URGE CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE
November 23, 2021: Press Release
SPEAKERS STAND BEHIND FULLY SET HOLIDAY TABLES WITH EMPTY CHAIRS, SYMBOLIZING MISSING INCARCERATED LOVED ONES
RALLIES OCCURRED THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, A DAY ORIGINATING WITH THE MASSACRE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BY WHITE SETTLERS WHOSE WHITE SUPREMACY PERSISTS TODAY