Participants Urge Executive and Legislative Action to Release People from Prison and Transform the Environment Inside, including Full Implementation of the HALT Solitary Law, an End to Officer Brutality and Killings, and Passage of Elder Parole, Fair & Timely Parole, Rights Behind Bars and More.
(Kingston, NY) – People who have survived solitary confinement, family members, Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha, and allies who are part of Wednesday Walk for Black Lives, Rise Up Kingston, Capital Relief and Liberation, NYS Jails Justice Network, the #HALTsolitary Campaign, Release Aging People in Prison, and other community groups rallied to demand full implementation of the HALT Solitary Confinement Law, an end to racist brutality, torture, and abuse in New York prisons, and meaningful pathways for release from incarceration. Following the unconscionable killings of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi…