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AT RALLY IN SUPPORT OF PAROLE REFORM, NY LAWMAKERS ISSUE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS TO DOZENS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS DOING ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SAFETY WORK

January 18, 2023 by Melissa Tanis

January 18, 2023: Press Release FORMERLY INCARCERATED SPEAKERS DECLARE: “WE’RE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO VIOLENCE” AND CALL FOR PASSAGE OF THE ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE TO BRING HOME MORE LEADERS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETY

Read moreAT RALLY IN SUPPORT OF PAROLE REFORM, NY LAWMAKERS ISSUE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS TO DOZENS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS DOING ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SAFETY WORK

RAPP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON FIRST DAY OF 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

January 4, 2023 by Melissa Tanis

January 4, 2023: Campaign Statement

Read moreRAPP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON FIRST DAY OF 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

RAPP RESPONDS TO GOV. KATHY HOCHUL’S INAUGURATION ADDRESS

January 1, 2023 by Melissa Tanis

January 1, 2023: Press Release

Read moreRAPP RESPONDS TO GOV. KATHY HOCHUL’S INAUGURATION ADDRESS

ADVOCATES EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT W/FAILURE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MASS INCARCERATION, TO GRANT CLEMENCY TO ANYONE IN PRISON

December 31, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

December 31, 2022: Press Release

Read moreADVOCATES EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT W/FAILURE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MASS INCARCERATION, TO GRANT CLEMENCY TO ANYONE IN PRISON

ADVOCATES CELEBRATE INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS GRANTED CLEMENCY BY GOV. HOCHUL & LOOK FORWARD TO HER GRANTING MORE CLEMENCIES ON AN ONGOING BASIS

December 21, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul granted 13 clemencies, including four to incarcerated people in the New York State prison system, two of whom are incarcerated members of the Release Aging People …

Read moreADVOCATES CELEBRATE INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS GRANTED CLEMENCY BY GOV. HOCHUL & LOOK FORWARD TO HER GRANTING MORE CLEMENCIES ON AN ONGOING BASIS

Senate Correction & Judiciary Chairs, Crime Survivors, & Reform Advocates Held Press Conference Ahead of Public Hearing to Say: “Parole Justice Measures are Next”

December 6, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

Photos and video available upon request: • Jared Chausow, jchausow@gmail.com, (650) 814-0565• TeAna Taylor, taylorteana@gmail.com, (518) 847-5497 December 7, 2022: Press Release

Read moreSenate Correction & Judiciary Chairs, Crime Survivors, & Reform Advocates Held Press Conference Ahead of Public Hearing to Say: “Parole Justice Measures are Next”

ADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON NYS INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT FINDING SHARP & WORSENING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PRISON DISCIPLINE

December 1, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

Today, the New York State Inspector General released a report entitled Racial Disparities in the Administration of Discipline in New York State Prisons. The report found sharp and widening racial …

Read moreADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON NYS INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT FINDING SHARP & WORSENING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PRISON DISCIPLINE

Family Members, Survivors of Incarceration, State Legislators, and Allied Collective of Leading Campaigns Held Statewide Rallies to Stop the Repression and Human Rights Crisis in New York State Prison

November 21, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

Among Other Demands to Protect Human Rights and Improve Safety in Prisons and Outside Communities, Participants urged Governor Hochul and State Officials to: November 21, 2022: Press Release

Read moreFamily Members, Survivors of Incarceration, State Legislators, and Allied Collective of Leading Campaigns Held Statewide Rallies to Stop the Repression and Human Rights Crisis in New York State Prison

ADVOCATES TO HOLD RALLIES IN NYC, BUFFALO & ALBANY CALLING ON GOV. HOCHUL TO FULFILL HER COMMITMENT TO EXPAND USE OF CLEMENCY AND REUNITE FAMILIES

November 17, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

NOVEMBER 17, 2022: New York, NY: RALLIES TO TAKE PLACE ONE YEAR AFTER GOV. HOCHUL COMMITTED TO GRANT CLEMENCIES ON AN ONGOING BASIS – AND AMID CRISIS OF AGING, SICKNESS & DEATH BEHIND BARS

Read moreADVOCATES TO HOLD RALLIES IN NYC, BUFFALO & ALBANY CALLING ON GOV. HOCHUL TO FULFILL HER COMMITMENT TO EXPAND USE OF CLEMENCY AND REUNITE FAMILIES

RELEASE AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON CAMPAIGN (RAPP) RESPONDS TO GOV. KATHY HOCHUL’S RE-ELECTION ON 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HOCHUL’S COMMITMENT TO EXPAND USE OF CLEMENCY

November 9, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

FOLLOWING HER HISTORIC VICTORY, AND CONTINUED STRENGTH OF SENATE AND ASSEMBLY MAJORITIES, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR CALLS FOR PROMPT ACTION ON CLEMENCY AND PAROLE REFORM November 9, 2022: RAPP Statement

Read moreRELEASE AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON CAMPAIGN (RAPP) RESPONDS TO GOV. KATHY HOCHUL’S RE-ELECTION ON 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HOCHUL’S COMMITMENT TO EXPAND USE OF CLEMENCY

FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS HOLD STATEWIDE RALLIES CALLING FOR END TO CRUEL DOCCS PACKAGE BAN

September 27, 2022 by susie day

Rallies in Six Regions Across New York State Call Attention to Financial and Emotional Toll of Package Ban, as well as Harms to Health of Incarcerated People September 27, 2022: …

Read moreFAMILIES OF INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS HOLD STATEWIDE RALLIES CALLING FOR END TO CRUEL DOCCS PACKAGE BAN

Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

September 15, 2022 by susie day

The signatory organizations respectfully submit this letter alleging that the United States’ extreme prison sentencing policies and practices of life without parole (LWOP), life with parole (LWP), “virtual life,”1 and …

Read moreAdvocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

OBSERVING 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF IN-PRISON DEATH OF VAL GAITER, LONGEST-SERVING WOMAN IN NY PRISONS, LAWMAKERS, ADVOCATES, & LOVED ONES GATHER FOR VIGIL AND DEMAND JUSTICE

August 10, 2022 by susie day

VAL DIED OF UNTREATED CANCER WHILE INCARCERATED AT BEDFORD HILLS, AFTER DOCCS MISDIAGNOSED HER WITH ACID REFLUX  August 11, 2022: Press Release

Read moreOBSERVING 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF IN-PRISON DEATH OF VAL GAITER, LONGEST-SERVING WOMAN IN NY PRISONS, LAWMAKERS, ADVOCATES, & LOVED ONES GATHER FOR VIGIL AND DEMAND JUSTICE

RAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO LEGISLATURE’S FAILURE TO PASS PAROLE REFORM

June 3, 2022 by Laura Whitehorn

June 3, 2022: Statement

Read moreRAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO LEGISLATURE’S FAILURE TO PASS PAROLE REFORM

ADVOCATES CALL ON GOV. HOCHUL TO FULFILL HER COMMITMENT TO FULLY STAFF THE PAROLE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF SESSION

June 1, 2022 by Laura Whitehorn

June 1, 2022: Joint Statement of More Than 50 NYS Organizations

Read moreADVOCATES CALL ON GOV. HOCHUL TO FULFILL HER COMMITMENT TO FULLY STAFF THE PAROLE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF SESSION

ADVOCATES & LAWMAKERS ERECT PRISON GRAVEYARD OUTSIDE NY CAPITOL, REMEMBER THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE LOST, & DEMAND PAROLE JUSTICE

May 30, 2022 by susie day

PARTICIPANTS HIGHLIGHT DATA PROJECTING THAT MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE WILL DIE IN PRISON DURING THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE RECESS IF LAWMAKERS DON’T ACT May 31, 2022: Press Release

Read moreADVOCATES & LAWMAKERS ERECT PRISON GRAVEYARD OUTSIDE NY CAPITOL, REMEMBER THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE LOST, & DEMAND PAROLE JUSTICE

RAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO CANADIAN SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN “LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE” SENTENCES

May 27, 2022 by susie day

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling striking down any and all impositions of “life without parole” prison sentences (“LWOP”). The Court found such sentences to be “cruel …

Read moreRAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO CANADIAN SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN “LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE” SENTENCES

FAITH LEADERS, NEW YORKERS WITH LOVED ONES LANGUISHING IN PRISON & OTHER LOCAL ADVOCATES HOLD FUNERAL PROCESSIONS OUTSIDE NY LEGISLATIVE LEADERS’ OFFICES FOR THE 80+ PEOPLE PROJECTED TO DIE IN NY PRISONS DURING COMING LEGISLATIVE RECESS

May 19, 2022 by susie day

PARTICIPANTS CALLED ON SENATE LEADER STEWART-COUSINS AND ASSEMBLY SPEAKER CARL HEASTIE TO PASS ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BEFORE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CLOSES ON JUNE 2 May 20, 2022: …

Read moreFAITH LEADERS, NEW YORKERS WITH LOVED ONES LANGUISHING IN PRISON & OTHER LOCAL ADVOCATES HOLD FUNERAL PROCESSIONS OUTSIDE NY LEGISLATIVE LEADERS’ OFFICES FOR THE 80+ PEOPLE PROJECTED TO DIE IN NY PRISONS DURING COMING LEGISLATIVE RECESS

RAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO ATTICA PRISON GUARD’S RACIST FACEBOOK POST ON BUFFALO MASSACRE

May 17, 2022 by susie day

May 17, 2022: Press Release

Read moreRAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO ATTICA PRISON GUARD’S RACIST FACEBOOK POST ON BUFFALO MASSACRE

Our Hearts Are With the People of Buffalo

May 17, 2022 by susie day

May 17, 2022: Our Hearts Are With the People of Buffalo Dear RAPP Family, Yesterday, RAPP’s Director Jose Saldaña released the following statement in response to the white supremacist attack …

Read moreOur Hearts Are With the People of Buffalo

ASSEMBLY AGING COMMITTEE CHAIR RON KIM & OTHER LAWMAKERS TO JOIN LEADING OLDER ADULT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CALL FOR PAROLE REFORM

May 9, 2022 by susie day

AS PART OF A ‘PAROLE JUSTICE IS ELDER JUSTICE’ ADVOCACY DAY DURING OLDER AMERICANS’ MONTH, SPEAKERS CALLED FOR PASSAGE OF THE ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS May …

Read moreASSEMBLY AGING COMMITTEE CHAIR RON KIM & OTHER LAWMAKERS TO JOIN LEADING OLDER ADULT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CALL FOR PAROLE REFORM

NY LAWMAKERS, MOTHERS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, OTHER SURVIVORS OF OR CRIME VICTIMS & ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE GROUPS GATHERED AT NY CAPITOL TO CALL FOR PAROLE JUSTICE & SURVIVOR JUSTICE BILLS

April 25, 2022 by susie day

April 25, 2022: Press Release SPEAKERS CALLED FOR PASSAGE OF THE ELDER PAROLE, FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE, AND FAIR ACCESS TO VICTIM COMPENSATION BILLS TO PROMOTE HEALING AND SAFETY AS …

Read moreNY LAWMAKERS, MOTHERS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, OTHER SURVIVORS OF OR CRIME VICTIMS & ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE GROUPS GATHERED AT NY CAPITOL TO CALL FOR PAROLE JUSTICE & SURVIVOR JUSTICE BILLS

U.S. REP JAMAAL BOWMAN, STATE LAWMAKERS JOIN FORMERLY INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS IN FIVE “PAROLE JUSTICE IS NEXT” PRESS CONFERENCES ACROSS THE STATE

April 20, 2022 by susie day

April 20, 2022: Press Release PARTICIPANTS RALLY IN NYC, ROCHESTER, ALBANY, WESTCHESTER, AND LONG ISLAND TO LAUNCH POST-BUDGET EFFORT TO PASS ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS BEFORE …

Read moreU.S. REP JAMAAL BOWMAN, STATE LAWMAKERS JOIN FORMERLY INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS IN FIVE “PAROLE JUSTICE IS NEXT” PRESS CONFERENCES ACROSS THE STATE

State Lawmakers & Faith Leaders to Join Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers for 5 “Parole Justice Is Next” Rallies Across the State

April 19, 2022 by susie day

April 19, 2022: Media Advisory PARTICIPANTS WILL RALLY IN NYC, ROCHESTER, ALBANY, WESTCHESTER AND LONG ISLAND TO LAUNCH POST-BUDGET EFFORT TO PASS ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS …

Read moreState Lawmakers & Faith Leaders to Join Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers for 5 “Parole Justice Is Next” Rallies Across the State
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