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January 26, 2021: Following Cuomo Admin’s Admission in NY Times Front Page Exposé That NY Has No Plan To Vaccinate Incarcerated People in State Prisons, Advocates Demand Immediate Releases and Access to Vaccine

January 26, 2021: New York State In response to a front page, NY Times exposé showing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration has no plan to vaccinate incarcerated people in New …

Read moreJanuary 26, 2021: Following Cuomo Admin’s Admission in NY Times Front Page Exposé That NY Has No Plan To Vaccinate Incarcerated People in State Prisons, Advocates Demand Immediate Releases and Access to Vaccine

January 22, 2021: Following Another COVID-19 Death At Bedford Hills Prison for Women, Advocates Demand NY State Lawmakers Pass Parole Justice and HALT Solitary Reforms

January 22, 2021: New York, New York THE INCARCERATED PERSON WHO DIED AT BEDFORD HILLS WAS 30TH TO DIE OF COVID-19 BEHIND BARS IN NY STATE PRISONS WITH VACCINE ROLLOUT …

Read moreJanuary 22, 2021: Following Another COVID-19 Death At Bedford Hills Prison for Women, Advocates Demand NY State Lawmakers Pass Parole Justice and HALT Solitary Reforms

January 15, 2021: Advocates Respond to COVID-19 Death of Another Incarcerated Person By Demanding NY State Lawmakers Pass Parole Justice and #HALTSolitary Prison Reforms

January 15, 2021: New York, New York TODAY: THE NUMBER OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN NY STATE PRISONS WHO HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19 SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC OFFICIALLY PASSED 4,000

Read moreJanuary 15, 2021: Advocates Respond to COVID-19 Death of Another Incarcerated Person By Demanding NY State Lawmakers Pass Parole Justice and #HALTSolitary Prison Reforms

January 14, 2021: Currently Incarcerated New Yorkers, Victim and Survivor Advocates, and 25+ State Lawmakers Announce New Parole Reform Campaign: People’s Campaign for Parole Justice

January 14, 2021: New York, New York 2021 Platform Calls for the Passage of Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole Bills, and a Fair and Fully Staffed Parole Board …

Read moreJanuary 14, 2021: Currently Incarcerated New Yorkers, Victim and Survivor Advocates, and 25+ State Lawmakers Announce New Parole Reform Campaign: People’s Campaign for Parole Justice

January 12, 2021: Advocates Respond to COVID Death of Another Incarcerated Person By Demanding State Lawmakers Pass COVID-Related Reforms As They Start 2021 Session

January 12, 2021: New York, New York NEWLY RELEASED DATA SHOWS MORE INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN NY PRISONS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE SINCE DECEMBER 1 THAN IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF …

Read moreJanuary 12, 2021: Advocates Respond to COVID Death of Another Incarcerated Person By Demanding State Lawmakers Pass COVID-Related Reforms As They Start 2021 Session

January 6, 2021: Advocates Respond to COVID-19 Deaths of Three More Incarcerated People by Demanding State Lawmakers Pass COVID-related Reforms as They Begin 2021 Session

January 6, 2021: New York, New York NINE PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN NY STATE PRISONS HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS

Read moreJanuary 6, 2021: Advocates Respond to COVID-19 Deaths of Three More Incarcerated People by Demanding State Lawmakers Pass COVID-related Reforms as They Begin 2021 Session

January 5, 2021: With 6 New Deaths and Spike in COVID Cases in State Prisons, Advocates and Family Members Call on Gov. Cuomo to Ensure Incarcerated New Yorkers are Prioritized for Vaccine Access

January 5, 2021: New York, New York THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE LEFT WONDERING WHEN THEIR LOVED ONES WILL GAIN ACCESS TO VACCINES

Read moreJanuary 5, 2021: With 6 New Deaths and Spike in COVID Cases in State Prisons, Advocates and Family Members Call on Gov. Cuomo to Ensure Incarcerated New Yorkers are Prioritized for Vaccine Access

January 2, 2021: In wake of two more COVID-19 deaths in NYS prisons, advocates call on Albany lawmakers to pass reforms as Gov. Cuomo refuses to address the crisis

January 2, 2021: New York, New York SIX INCARCERATED PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 IN NY STATE PRISONS IN LAST THREE WEEKS AMID COVID SURGE

Read moreJanuary 2, 2021: In wake of two more COVID-19 deaths in NYS prisons, advocates call on Albany lawmakers to pass reforms as Gov. Cuomo refuses to address the crisis

December 24, 2020: Advocates Welcome Home 7 New Yorkers Granted Clemency Yet Share the Heartbreak of Thousands of Families Whose Loved Ones Will Continue to Languish Behind Bars During COVID-19 Pandemic

December 24, 2020: New York State 2,519 incarcerated people  in NY applied for clemency in 2020; Cuomo granted clemency to  less than 1% of  them Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo granted clemency …

Read moreDecember 24, 2020: Advocates Welcome Home 7 New Yorkers Granted Clemency Yet Share the Heartbreak of Thousands of Families Whose Loved Ones Will Continue to Languish Behind Bars During COVID-19 Pandemic

December 22, 2020: Ahead of Christmas and Amid COVID-19 Prison Surge, Coalition of Advocates Rally to Call on Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to Incarcerated New Yorkers

December 22, 2020: New York, New York Tonight, roughly 75 New Yorkers with family members in prison, formerly incarcerated people, and advocates held a socially distant rally to call on …

Read moreDecember 22, 2020: Ahead of Christmas and Amid COVID-19 Prison Surge, Coalition of Advocates Rally to Call on Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to Incarcerated New Yorkers

November 23, 2020: Ahead of Thanksgiving and Amidst COVID-19 Surge, Families of Those in Prison, Formerly Incarcerated Leaders, Lawmakers, and Advocates Call on Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to Bring People Home for the Holidays

November 23, 2020: New York, New York Roughly 100 New Yorkers, including those with family members in prison, formerly incarcerated people, New York State lawmakers, and advocates held a socially …

Read moreNovember 23, 2020: Ahead of Thanksgiving and Amidst COVID-19 Surge, Families of Those in Prison, Formerly Incarcerated Leaders, Lawmakers, and Advocates Call on Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to Bring People Home for the Holidays

November 12, 2020: Advocates, Family Members To Rally Calling on Gov. Cuomo To Release Arthur Green, 70 Years Old, Who Is Dying in Wende Correctional Facility

November 12, 2020: New York, New York NYC NATIVE ARTHUR GREEN DYING IN PRISON HOSPICE FROM END STAGE RENAL FAILURE AFTER SERVING 44 YEARS BEHIND BARS The Group Called on …

Read moreNovember 12, 2020: Advocates, Family Members To Rally Calling on Gov. Cuomo To Release Arthur Green, 70 Years Old, Who Is Dying in Wende Correctional Facility

October 22, 2020: Amidst New COVID-19 Spike and Another COVID-19 Death in NYS Prison, Advocates Will Rally Outside Greene Prison, a COVID Hotspot: Media Advisory

October 22, 2020: Green Correctional Facility in Coxsackie, New York In the Wake of 164 New COVID Cases Among Incarcerated People in the Last Two Days, Advocates Will Call on …

Read moreOctober 22, 2020: Amidst New COVID-19 Spike and Another COVID-19 Death in NYS Prison, Advocates Will Rally Outside Greene Prison, a COVID Hotspot: Media Advisory

October 19, 2020: 13 Groups Demand Gov. Cuomo, State Lawmakers Take Immediate Action to Release Incarcerated People in Wake of Another COVID-19 Death And Second Wave of Cases in NYS Prisons

October 19, 2020: New York state Advocates Mourn the Loss of Another COVID-19 Death in NY Prisons The Coalition Calls on Gov. Cuomo to Grant Emergency Clemencies and for Lawmakers …

Read moreOctober 19, 2020: 13 Groups Demand Gov. Cuomo, State Lawmakers Take Immediate Action to Release Incarcerated People in Wake of Another COVID-19 Death And Second Wave of Cases in NYS Prisons

October 14, 2020: Rally and Vigil in Wake of In-Prison Death of Salih Abdullah, 74-Year-Old Elder Who Died in Prison During His 14th Parole Hearing

October 14, 2020: New York, New York and Albany, New York ADVOCATES, STATE LAWMAKERS HOLD RALLY AND VIGIL IN THE WAKE OF IN-PRISON DEATH OF SALIH ABDULLAH, 74 YEAR-OLD ELDER …

Read moreOctober 14, 2020: Rally and Vigil in Wake of In-Prison Death of Salih Abdullah, 74-Year-Old Elder Who Died in Prison During His 14th Parole Hearing