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Recent Press Advisories/Releases

ADVOCATES APPLAUD LETTER TO GOV. HOCHUL FROM NAACP’S DR. HAZEL DUKES URGING SUPPORT FOR PAROLE JUSTICE MEASURES

October 18, 2021: Press Release

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS, CONGRESSMEMBER NADLER, FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES IN PRISON, AND LAWMAKERS RELEASE NEW REPORT REVEALING SURGING DEATHS IN NY PRISONS

October 12, 2021: Press Release

AS GOV. HOCHUL’S 45-DAY PERIOD OF REVIEW AND REVAMP OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE COMES TO A CLOSE, ADVOCATES URGE ACTION TO ADDRESS CRISIS OF MASS INCARCERATION

October 7, 2021: Media Advisory

Recent News Articles

NAACP’s Hazel Dukes calls on Gov. Hochul to back New York parole reforms

October 18, 2021: Denis Slattery, New York Daily News

About 1,300 died in NY state prisons in the last decade, research shows

October 13, 2021: Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, lohud.

Report outlines death rates for older adults incarcerated in New York

October 12, 2021: Rachel Vick, Queens Daily Eagle