Recent News Articles
Why clemency should be more available for incarcerated who have little hope
John Moore, Jr., NY Amstserdam News — Thirty years ago, I was sentenced to life without parole for killing a young man on Buffalo’s East Side. I was twenty. Since my incarceration, I have been committed to change and to helping others find a path to rehabilitation. I have earned a college degree, counseled peers through crisis, and mentored at-risk youth trying to find a way out of the same violent environment I grew up in. The possibility of clemency — the opportunity for Gov. Kathy Hochul to reduce a prison sentence — has provided a new path to hope and freedom…
N.Y. prisons are in crisis. The first step to fixing them is simple.
Noah Powelson, Queens Daily Eagle — Gov. Hochul vowed to reform the clemency process and grant executive clemency on a rolling basis, a promise many advocates accused her of walking back…
Advocates say Hochul is failing to keep promise on prison commutations
Noah Powelson, Queens Daily Eagle — Gov. Hochul vowed to reform the clemency process and grant executive clemency on a rolling basis, a promise many advocates accused her of walking back…
Recent Press Releases
Survivors of Incarceration, Family Members, & Allies Hold Rallies Across New York State, Urging Governor and Lawmakers to Implement the HALT Solitary Law, Expand Pathways for Release, and End Abuse In Prisons & Jails
PRESS RELEASE, September 24, 2026 — (New York) Today, people who experienced incarceration, family members of people inside, and other allies as part of leading justice campaigns across the state came together to hold a series of actions in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island, and New York City. There is a longstanding and acute crisis of racist brutality, torture, and death in New York State prisons, jails, and detention facilities…
RECIPIENTS OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY, FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS, LAWMAKERS & FORMER DOCCS SERGEANT RALLY & MARCH TO DEMAND GOV. HOCHUL GRANT CLEMENCIES
PRESS RELEASE, September 15, 2026
(New York, NY) – Today, New Yorkers who have received executive clemency and families of incarcerated New Yorkers, along with lawmakers and a former DOCCS Sergeant, held a rally and march to demand Gov. Hochul fulfill her commitment to grant clemencies.
RECIPIENTS OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY & FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS, LAWMAKERS, & FORMER DOCCS SERGEANT TO RALLY & MARCH TO DEMAND GOV. HOCHUL GRANT CLEMENCIES
PRESS RELEASE, September 15, 2026, New York, NY: Today, New Yorkers who have received executive clemency and families of incarcerated New Yorkers, along with lawmakers and a former DOCCS Sergeant, held a rally and march to demand Gov. Hochul fulfill her commitment to grant clemencies.