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RAPP Campaign Calls on NY State Lawmakers to Oppose Gov. Hochul’s Crime Bill and Address Root Causes of Crime

March 18, 2022 by susie day

March 18, 2022: Press Release

Read moreRAPP Campaign Calls on NY State Lawmakers to Oppose Gov. Hochul’s Crime Bill and Address Root Causes of Crime

CONGRESSMEMBER NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY, AND STATE LAWMAKERS JOINED FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN, TRANSGENDER, AND NON-BINARY NEW YORKERS IN WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE SUPPORTING PAROLE REFORM

March 8, 2022 by susie day

March 9, 2022: Press Release PARTICIPANTS CALLED FOR PASSAGE OF ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS AS PART OF ‘PAROLE JUSTICE IS GENDER JUSTICE’ ADVOCACY DAY WITH 650 …

Read moreCONGRESSMEMBER NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY, AND STATE LAWMAKERS JOINED FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN, TRANSGENDER, AND NON-BINARY NEW YORKERS IN WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE SUPPORTING PAROLE REFORM

REV. AL SHARPTON, REP. BOWMAN, LEADING STATE LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES IMPACTED BY MASS INCARCERATION HELD VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR PAROLE JUSTICE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February 8, 2022 by susie day

February 8, 2022: Press Release As Part of the ‘Parole Justice is Racial Justice’ Virtual Advocacy Day with 650 Participants from Across NY State, Speakers Called for Passage of the …

Read moreREV. AL SHARPTON, REP. BOWMAN, LEADING STATE LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES IMPACTED BY MASS INCARCERATION HELD VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR PAROLE JUSTICE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

REV. AL SHARPTON, REP. BOWMAN, LEADING STATE LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES IMPACTED BY MASS INCARCERATION TO HOLD VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR PAROLE JUSTICE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February 7, 2022 by susie day

February 7, 2022: Media Advisory As Part of the ‘Parole Justice is Racial Justice’ Virtual Advocacy Day with 650 Participants from Across NY State, Speakers Will Call for Passage of …

Read moreREV. AL SHARPTON, REP. BOWMAN, LEADING STATE LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES IMPACTED BY MASS INCARCERATION TO HOLD VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR PAROLE JUSTICE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

AMID COVID CRISIS IN NY PRISONS, TWO MORE NEW YORKERS HAVE DIED OF THE VIRUS IN FACILITIES

January 25, 2022 by susie day

January 25, 2022: Press Release GREENE PRISON, THE SITE OF ONE DEATH, HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COVID CASES IN THE STATE • ADVOCATES CALL FOR CLEMENCY AND PASSAGE OF …

Read moreAMID COVID CRISIS IN NY PRISONS, TWO MORE NEW YORKERS HAVE DIED OF THE VIRUS IN FACILITIES

AMID COVID CRISIS AT FISHKILL PRISON, ANOTHER NEW YORKER HAS DIED OF THE VIRUS IN THE FACILITY

January 19, 2022 by susie day

January 19, 2022: Press Release CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES HAVE INCREASED 140% AT THE HUDSON VALLEY PRISON • ADVOCATES CALL FOR CLEMENCY AND PASSAGE OF ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY …

Read moreAMID COVID CRISIS AT FISHKILL PRISON, ANOTHER NEW YORKER HAS DIED OF THE VIRUS IN THE FACILITY

ON MLK DAY, ADVOCATES APPLAUD NYS BLACK, PUERTO RICAN, HISPANIC AND ASIAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS FOR INCLUDING PAROLE JUSTICE IN ‘THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET’ PLAN

January 17, 2022 by susie day

January 17, 2022: Statement BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS

Read moreON MLK DAY, ADVOCATES APPLAUD NYS BLACK, PUERTO RICAN, HISPANIC AND ASIAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS FOR INCLUDING PAROLE JUSTICE IN ‘THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET’ PLAN

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 by susie day

January 13, 2022: Press Release THE REPORT FOUND A GROWING AGING POPULATION IN PRISON EVEN AS THE OVERALL POPULATION DECLINED

Read moreADVOCATES RESPOND TO NY STATE COMPTROLLER REPORT FINDING CONTINUING RISE IN THE NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS IN NY PRISONS AMID CRISIS OF DEATH BEHIND BARS

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 by susie day

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 …

Read moreNY 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

ADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON FIRST DAY OF 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION & GOV. HOCHUL’S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

January 5, 2022 by susie day

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 …

Read moreADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON FIRST DAY OF 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION & GOV. HOCHUL’S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

AHEAD OF 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MANHATTAN & BROOKLYN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, NY LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES IN PRISON CALL FOR PAROLE JUSTICE

January 4, 2022 by susie day

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 …

Read moreAHEAD OF 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MANHATTAN & BROOKLYN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, NY LAWMAKERS & FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES IN PRISON CALL FOR PAROLE JUSTICE

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 by susie day

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

Read moreON EVE OF 2022 NY STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION & STATE OF STATE ADDRESS, ADVOCATES RESPOND TO ANOTHER INCARCERATED PERSON DYING OF COVID-19

INCARCERATED PERSON AT ATTICA DIES OF COVID-19, ADVOCATES DEMAND NEW YORK LEADERS TAKE ACTION

December 29, 2021 by susie day

December 29, 2021: Press Release FIVE INCARCERATED PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID IN NY STATE PRISONS IN DECEMBER AMID OMICRON SURGE

Read moreINCARCERATED PERSON AT ATTICA DIES OF COVID-19, ADVOCATES DEMAND NEW YORK LEADERS TAKE ACTION

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

December 24, 2021 by susie day

December 24, 2021: Press Release

Read moreADVOCATES 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 by susie day

December 21, 2021: Press Release THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN NY STATE PRISONS HAS INCREASED 35% SINCE DEC. 10

Read moreADVOCATES DECLARE COVID EMERGENCY IN NY STATE PRISONS AFTER ANOTHER DEATH, CALL ON GOV. HOCHUL AND LAWMAKERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION

FOLLOWING COVID DEATH AT CENTRAL NY PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

December 21, 2021 by susie day

December 21, 2021: Press Release THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN NY STATE PRISONS HAS INCREASED 33% IN ONE WEEK

Read moreFOLLOWING COVID DEATH AT CENTRAL NY PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

AMID COVID SPIKE & FOLLOWING ANOTHER DEATH IN NY WOMEN’S PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

December 20, 2021 by susie day

December 20, 2021: Press Release THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN NY STATE PRISONS HAS INCREASED 30% IN ONE WEEK

Read moreAMID COVID SPIKE & FOLLOWING ANOTHER DEATH IN NY WOMEN’S PRISON, ADVOCATES DEMAND CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

FAMILIES SEPARATED BY MASS INCARCERATION HOLD RALLY WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FAITH LEADERS AND DELIVER HOLIDAY WISHLIST OF CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

December 14, 2021 by susie day

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 …

Read moreFAMILIES SEPARATED BY MASS INCARCERATION HOLD RALLY WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FAITH LEADERS AND DELIVER HOLIDAY WISHLIST OF CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

December 9th, 2021, 12pm • Zoom press conference • New York State Legislators & Advocates to Unveil Justice Agenda for 2022

December 8, 2021 by susie day

December 9, 2021: Media Advisory Justice Roadmap 2022 Will Enable Needed Changes to New York’s Criminal Legal and Immigration Systems

Read moreDecember 9th, 2021, 12pm • Zoom press conference • New York State Legislators & Advocates to Unveil Justice Agenda for 2022

ADVOCATES RESPOND TO GOV. HOCHUL’S CEREMONIAL PARDONING OF A TURKEY BEFORE GRANTING CLEMENCY TO A SINGLE INCARCERATED NEW YORKER

November 24, 2021 by susie day

November 24, 2021, Press Release THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LANGUISHING IN NY STATE PRISONS HAVE PENDING CLEMENCY APPLICATIONS

Read moreADVOCATES RESPOND TO GOV. HOCHUL’S CEREMONIAL PARDONING OF A TURKEY BEFORE GRANTING CLEMENCY TO A SINGLE INCARCERATED NEW YORKER

AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS, FAMILIES SEPARATED BY MASS INCARCERATION JOIN ELECTED OFFICIALS & FAITH LEADERS TO URGE CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

November 23, 2021 by susie day

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 …

Read moreAHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS, FAMILIES SEPARATED BY MASS INCARCERATION JOIN ELECTED OFFICIALS & FAITH LEADERS TO URGE CLEMENCY & PAROLE JUSTICE

ADVOCATES HIGHLIGHT STATE’S FAILURES TO PROTECT INCARCERATED OLDER PEOPLE FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH CRISES

November 22, 2021 by susie day

November 22, 2021 AS NY ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF STATE’S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS AMID THE PANDEMIC, ADVOCATES URGE REFORMS TO END THE CRISIS OF AGING …

Read moreADVOCATES HIGHLIGHT STATE’S FAILURES TO PROTECT INCARCERATED OLDER PEOPLE FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH CRISES

FILM EXPOSING INJUSTICE OF PAROLE RELEASE HEARINGS IN NY STATE PREMIERS ONLINE ON THE NEW YORKER’S WEBSITE

November 18, 2021 by susie day

November 18, 2021, Press Release THE FILM, WHICH FEATURES RAPP MEMBERS AND FORMER PAROLE COMMISSIONERS WHO EXPOSE THE BOARD’S LAWLESS ADDICTION TO PUNISHMENT, MAKES THE CASE FOR REFORM

Read moreFILM EXPOSING INJUSTICE OF PAROLE RELEASE HEARINGS IN NY STATE PREMIERS ONLINE ON THE NEW YORKER’S WEBSITE

BROAD COALITION LAUNCHES #HochulBringThemHome CLEMENCY CAMPAIGN ACROSS NEW YORK STATE

November 9, 2021 by susie day

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Press Release LAWMAKERS, FAITH LEADERS, THOSE WHO RECEIVED CLEMENCY & FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED RALLY IN NYC, LONG ISLAND, WESTCHESTER, ALBANY & BUFFALO URGING GOV. HOCHUL …

Read moreBROAD COALITION LAUNCHES #HochulBringThemHome CLEMENCY CAMPAIGN ACROSS NEW YORK STATE
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