• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
RAPP Campaign

RAPP Campaign

Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Our History
    • Our People
    • Contact Us
  • Current Campaigns
    • Parole Justice
    • Clemency
  • Join Our Work
  • Events
  • Press
    • In the News
    • Press Releases
  • Resources
    • Reports
  • Donate
    • Donate Online Here
    • Our Supporters

In the News

Recent Articles

  • Opinion: Addressing the Plight of New Yorkers Aging Behind Bars

    Opinion: Addressing the Plight of New Yorkers Aging Behind Bars

    March 8, 2023

    By: Andre Ward, CityLImits, “We witness firsthand the challenges that our older participants face when they come to us, usually because they no longer have family to turn to after such long periods of incarceration: physical health issues that might be less severe if treated properly sooner; unaddressed trauma, greatly exacerbated by incarceration; lack of financial resources; and homelessness.”

    Read more

  • Protesters shut down Manhattan Bridge to urge Hochul to establish unemployment fund for excluded workers

    Protesters shut down Manhattan Bridge to urge Hochul to establish unemployment fund for excluded workers

    March 6, 2023

    By: Sarah Belle Lin, AMNY, Around 500 laborers and workers shut down the Manhattan Bridge during the Monday morning rush hour to push for state legislation that would provide more workers with access to unemployment benefits in times of need.

    Read more

  • City Hall holds hearing on services for formerly incarcerated older New Yorkers

    City Hall holds hearing on services for formerly incarcerated older New Yorkers

    February 17, 2023

    By: News 12 Staff, News 12 The Bronx — A public hearing was held at City Hall on Friday to discuss what New York City is doing to help support formerly incarcerated older New Yorkers…

    Read more

  • Parole system needs legislative overhaul, NY crime victims say

    Parole system needs legislative overhaul, NY crime victims say

    February 14, 2023

    By: Raga Justin, Times Union: ALBANY — Survivors of violent crimes stood side-by-side with former inmates at the Capitol on Tuesday to push again for an overhaul of the state’s parole system, which advocates said has unfairly pitted victims against people who commit crimes — especially in a time of renewed political agitation about public safety.

    Read more

  • ‘The people left behind’: Advocates renew push to pass parole reform

    ‘The people left behind’: Advocates renew push to pass parole reform

    January 24, 2023

    By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle: Last year, Robert Webster was sitting in prison, facing the prospect of serving two more decades of his 50 year to life sentence. The Queens man had already served 34 years of that sentence, which he was given when he was 17 years old.

    Read more

  • Parole advocates pack NYS Capitol pressing lawmakers to pass reform

    Parole advocates pack NYS Capitol pressing lawmakers to pass reform

    January 18, 2023

    By: Mikhaela Singleton, ABC News10: More than a hundred people packing the Million-Dollar Staircase end-to-end Wednesday afternoon, hoping their voices will echo up to lawmakers.

    Read more

1 2 3 … 41
Next Page

RAPP Campaign

nyrappcampaign@gmail.com

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

About
Our Work
Press

Resources
Donate
Contact Us

Copyright © 2023 · RAPP Campaign · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme