Recent News Articles
UN ‘Special Rapporteur on Racism’ Charges U.S. Death by Incarceration Prison Sentences Especially Hurt Black, Latinx People Criminalized in Context of Domestic Violence
The Vanguard Staff: The Davis Vanguard — NEW YORK CITY, NY – The United Nations special rapporteur on racism this week released, according to the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), a powerful statement charging the U.S. “makes it way too easy for people to receive death-by-incarceration prison sentences, especially Black and Latino people and women who are criminalized in the context of domestic violence. ..
Local prison reform advocates recognized, call for passage of reform bills in state senate
Thomas O’Neil-White: WBFO-FM 88.7 • BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Elder Parole bill would grant an automatic parole hearing to an incarcerated person 55 years and older who has served 15 years of their sentence…
A call for Passage of Elder Parole Legislation
Claudine Ewing: 2WGRZ-TV • BUFFALO, N.Y. — According to the State Corrections, 15% of Erie County residents in state prisons are age 55 or older. Many of them were locked up when they were just young people…
Recent Press Releases
AHEAD OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION, HUDSON VALLEY LAWMAKERS & ADVOCATES ISSUE PROCLAMATIONS HONORING CRIME REDUCTION WORK OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED COMMUNITY LEADERS & FAMILIES OF PEOPLE IN PRISON
PRESS RELEASE: PARTICIPANTS CALLED FOR PASSAGE OF PAROLE REFORM LEGISLATION TO BRING HOME MORE LEADERS
AHEAD OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUFFALO LAWMAKERS & ADVOCATES ISSUE PROCLAMATIONS HONORING CRIME REDUCTION WORK OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED COMMUNITY LEADERS & FAMILIES OF PEOPLE IN PRISON
PRESS RELEASE: THIS “BREAKING CYCLES OF HARM & VIOLENCE” EVENT IN ROCHESTER IS PART OF A STATEWIDE SERIES • PARTICIPANTS TODAY CALLED FOR PASSAGE OF PAROLE REFORM LEGISLATION TO BRING HOME MORE LEADERS
OCTOBER 30, 11:00am • AHEAD OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ROCHESTER LAWMAKERS & ADVOCATES TO ISSUE PROCLAMATIONS HONORING CRIME REDUCTION WORK OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED COMMUNITY LEADERS & FAMILIES OF PEOPLE IN PRISON
TODAY, October 30, Media Advisory: THE “BREAKING CYCLES OF HARM & VIOLENCE” EVENT IN ROCHESTER IS PART OF A STATEWIDE SERIES, WITH OTHER ACTIONS IN LONG ISLAND, WESTCHESTER, NYC, TROY, SYRACUSE, POUGHKEEPSIE & BUFFALO