By: Tim Murphy, New York Nonprofit Media
Jose Hamza Saldana, director of Release Aging People in Prison, in a conversation with New York Nonprofit Media, discusses how to effect change in the face of an Albany scared of seeming soft on crime.
The percentage of people age 50 or older in New York State prisons has risen dramatically in the past several years, from 12% in 2008 to nearly 25% in 2021. Older people in prison are most likely to be the sickest and most in need of intensive medical care, and they’re also the least likely to commit new crimes upon release…