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 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 …
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: 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 …
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: 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 …
AMID COVID CRISIS IN NY PRISONS, TWO MORE NEW YORKERS HAVE DIED OF THE VIRUS IN FACILITIES
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 …
AMID COVID CRISIS AT FISHKILL PRISON, ANOTHER NEW YORKER HAS DIED OF THE VIRUS IN THE FACILITY
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 …
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: 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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
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 …
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 …
ADVOCATES HIGHLIGHT STATE’S FAILURES TO PROTECT INCARCERATED OLDER PEOPLE FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH CRISES
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 …
FILM EXPOSING INJUSTICE OF PAROLE RELEASE HEARINGS IN NY STATE PREMIERS ONLINE ON THE NEW YORKER’S WEBSITE
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
BROAD COALITION LAUNCHES #HochulBringThemHome CLEMENCY CAMPAIGN ACROSS NEW YORK STATE
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 …