Elder Parole is an Aging Issue
By: Hunter Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging While the number of people in New York State prisons has been declining, the number and proportion of older people in prison has …
DEATH BY INCARCERATION IS TORTURE • Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.
Dozens of organizations across the United States submitted a complaint to United Nations independent experts challenging the United States’ policy and practice of condemning people to death by incarceration (DBI), …
Nothing But Time: Elderly Americans Serving Life Without Parole
By: Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., The Sentencing Project
Kathy Boudin: A Great Life and a Great Loss
Celebrating the life and mourning the loss of our co-founder and co-director Kathy Boudin By: Columbia University Center for Justice
Executive inaction: States and the federal government fail to use commutations as a release mechanism
April, 2022: Prison Policy Initiative: “Our survey of eight states found an average of one commutation for every 10,000 imprisoned people each year…”
NEW YORK STATE LEADERS: NO ROLLBACKS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS!
Letter from civil rights, criminal justice reform, democracy, and philanthropic leaders and organizations to Governor Hochul, Lieutenant Governor Benjamin, and legislative leaders
Letter to New York Legislators: Pass The Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole Bills to Protect Public Health
By: UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project “On February 24, 2022, we sent a letter to the leadership of the New York State legislature in support of two bills, …
Resolution: Manhattan Community Board Six Supports NY State Senate Bill S15A for Elder Parole
The Elder Parole Bill affords a parole hearing to any incarcerated person after age 55 who has served 15 years in prison February 16, 2022: Manhattan Community Board Six
RAPP Testimony for FY 2022-23 Joint Legislative Hearing on the Executive Public Protection Budget Proposal
By: Theresa Grady, Jeannie Colon, Lisette Nieves and Nawanna Tucker, RAPP Community Leaders “The crisis of mass incarceration is at a boiling point, with people dying in New York’s prisons …
Elderly, Detained, and Justice-Involved: The Most Incarcerated Generation
Winter, 2022, Rachael Bedard, Joshua Vaughn, and Angela Silletti Murolo, The City University of New York Law Review (Vol. 25, No. 1)
New York State’s Aging Prison Population: Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
“In the months ahead, policy makers should carefully examine opportunities to reduce the population of incarcerated individuals age 50 and above.“ NY State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli This report provides …
Toward a Fairer Parole Process
Vera Institute of Justice “New York State’s parole-review process must focus on who people are at the time of the interview and whether they pose a current and clear public …
New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era
Center for Justice at Columbia University This report compiles and analyzes data on in-custody deaths in New York State between 1976 and 2020 and offers policy recommendations for curtailing the …
The Problem With Parole: New York State’s Failing System of Release
June 2021: NYU Center on Race, Inequality and the Law and Parole Preparation Project
A Second Look at Injustice
May 12, 2021: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, The Sentencing Project
Faith Leaders on Long Island to NYS Senators: Pass Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole
May 6, 2021: 43 Long Island Faith Community Leaders and Institutions
No Time To Wait: Decarceration, COVID, and Public Health
April 2, 2021: RAPP Public Health Advisory Group
Unlocking Billions: A Fiscal Analysis of Pending Justice Reforms in New York State
March 10, 2021: The Center for Justice at Columbia University
NY Doctors: Open Letter to Gov. Cuomo for COVID-19 Vaccine Access in Prisons and Jails
February 24, 2021: Hundreds of NYS Doctors and Organizations
No End In Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment
February 17, 2021: Ashley Nellis, The Sentencing Project
NYC Public Defender Legislative Priorities for Criminal Legal System Reform
December 16, 2020: Six Public Defender Organizations
Statement from the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus on the COVID-19 Risk in New York Prisons
November 25, 2020: Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Caucus of the NYS Legislature
Open Letter to the Hon. Gov. Andrew Cuomo from Nobel Peace Laureates and world humanitarian and religious leaders urging clemency for David Gilbert and other incarcerated elders
November, 2020: 45 international and US humanitarian and religious leaders Read Here
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety
October 19, 2020: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Read Here