By CHRISTINA GREEN / NY DAILY NEWS
New York’s parole system is broken, unjust, and fiscally reckless. It undermines rehabilitation, drains taxpayer dollars, and worsens racial disparities — while failing to make our communities safer.
As a former prosecutor, I know our justice system can be both a tool for accountability and a driver of unnecessary incarceration. Right now, our parole system leans too heavily toward the latter, keeping many aging New Yorkers behind bars long after they’ve paid their debt to society.
The result? A growing population of elders behind bars…