RAPP Campaign

Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

Press Releases

April 14, 2020: Formerly Incarcerated & Other Advocates Rally at Queensboro CF to Demand Gov. Cuomo Free All Incarcerated New Yorkers Within One Year of Release Date • Media Advisory

April 14th, 2020, 11:30am: Rally at 47-04 Van Dam St, Long Island City, NY 11101 and online here Formerly Incarcerated People & Advocacy Groups Call on Gov. Cuomo to Free …

Read moreApril 14, 2020: Formerly Incarcerated & Other Advocates Rally at Queensboro CF to Demand Gov. Cuomo Free All Incarcerated New Yorkers Within One Year of Release Date • Media Advisory

April 13, 2020: Another Incarcerated New Yorker Dies; Advocates and Community Leaders Unearth Prison Horrors, Call on Gov. Cuomo and NYS Board of Parole to Release Vulnerable People

April 13, 2020: New York, New York In Wake of Another In-Prison Death, Advocates and Community Leaders Unearth Prison Horrors in Second Briefing on COVID-19 Crisis in New York State …

Read moreApril 13, 2020: Another Incarcerated New Yorker Dies; Advocates and Community Leaders Unearth Prison Horrors, Call on Gov. Cuomo and NYS Board of Parole to Release Vulnerable People

April 12, 2020: COVID-19 Claims Another Incarcerated New Yorker; Advocates Demand Gov. Cuomo Grant Clemency Before More Die • COVID-19 Briefing

April 12, 2020: New York, New York Today, the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, Parole PreparationProject, #HALTsolitary Campaign, VOCAL-NY, Worth Rises, and Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club released the …

Read moreApril 12, 2020: COVID-19 Claims Another Incarcerated New Yorker; Advocates Demand Gov. Cuomo Grant Clemency Before More Die • COVID-19 Briefing

April 6, 2020: Status of the NYS Prisons and the need for Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to elders and other incarcerated people vulnerable to coronavirus complications • COVID-19 Briefing

April 6, 2020: New York, New York Groups Renew Calls for Gov. Cuomo to Grant Emergency Clemencies and for Parole Board and State Prison System to Adopt Community Demands (New …

Read moreApril 6, 2020: Status of the NYS Prisons and the need for Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to elders and other incarcerated people vulnerable to coronavirus complications • COVID-19 Briefing

April 3, 2020: Press Conference outside Sing Sing CF in response to first incarcerated person’s death from COVID-19 • Demand Gov. Cuomo release all vulnerable people

April 3, 2020: Ossining, New York In response to first incarcerated person with COVID-19 dying in NY state prison system, advocates hold press conference and vigil outside Sing Sing Prison …

Read moreApril 3, 2020: Press Conference outside Sing Sing CF in response to first incarcerated person’s death from COVID-19 • Demand Gov. Cuomo release all vulnerable people

Releasing New Yorkers From Prison Is the Only Way to Save Lives in the Wake of COVID-19: Recommendations from RAPP and Parole Preparation Project

March, 2020: New York, New York Recommendations from RAPP and Parole Preparation Project: Introduction: While the world works to adjust and enact drastic measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 …

Read moreReleasing New Yorkers From Prison Is the Only Way to Save Lives in the Wake of COVID-19: Recommendations from RAPP and Parole Preparation Project

March 19, 2020: NYC Mayor De Blasio announces the city has ID’d 40 people in NYC jails to be reviewed for possible release. RAPP and partners say: Inadequate

March 19, 2020: New York, New York (NEW YORK, NY) – Criminal justice advocacy groups, including The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, Parole Preparation Project, VOCAL-NY, #HALTsolitary Campaign and …

Read moreMarch 19, 2020: NYC Mayor De Blasio announces the city has ID’d 40 people in NYC jails to be reviewed for possible release. RAPP and partners say: Inadequate

March 11, 2020: Conference & Statement: Health experts and advocates call for release of incarcerated people vulnerable to COVID-19

March 11, 2020. New York, NY In Wake of Coronavirus Outbreak, Health Experts, Advocates and Elected Officials call on Gov. Cuomo to Release Incarcerated People Vulnerable to Virus The Group Held a …

Read moreMarch 11, 2020: Conference & Statement: Health experts and advocates call for release of incarcerated people vulnerable to COVID-19