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Hochul grants 19 pardons
Johan Sheridan, WWLP-22News — NY Governor Kathy Hochul pardoned 19 formerly incarcerated individuals, but faced criticism from criminal justice advocates for not commuting the sentences of anyone currently incarcerated, especially women in honor of Mother’s Day. As of May 2026, the state’s prison system houses 34,066 inmates, and prison reformers are raising alarms about increasing…
“Holding on to Love” • Theresa Grady on Loss, Healing, and Justice, via Legal Aid Radio 📻
Debra Sterling Walters • Theresa Grady, Legal Aid Radio — On this episode of Legal Aid Radio, Theresa Grady shares the story of her husband, Morris Edward Grady, her first love and lifelong partner, whose life was cut short while incarcerated. Through heartbreak, she continues to rise as a voice for justice, fighting for dignity…
New York Parole Bills Over Early Release of Aging Inmates Trigger Sharp Divide: ‘We Will Fight Tooth and Nail’
Front Page Detective Staff, Front Page Detectives — Two proposed New York bills have led to a divide among lawmakers and experts. The state is planning to introduce the Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole legislation to ease parole eligibility requirements for the aging prison population…
I Will Choose Death Over Life Behind Bars Unless New York Changes Its Parole Laws
William Blake, Solitary Watch — In 2013, when I had been locked up in solitary confinement for 25 years, I wrote an essay entitled “A Sentence Worse Than Death,” which I’m told has been read by upwards of a million people to date. It describes what life was like in “the box” (the special housing…
Bliss and Blisters: The Gradys Joined by Love, Separated by Conviction
Latasha Danielle Drax, Love Beyond the Wall — It was a Thursday when Morris Edward Grady told his beloved wife that he would call the following day. On Friday, February 13th, Theresa waited with anticipation for her husband’s call. Valentine’s Day 2026 would be the celebration of their 18th wedding anniversary—a marriage of bliss but…
Lawmakers eye prison health care, elderly parole amid budget battle
Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Crains New York Business — A package of bills that has floated in Albany for close to a decade would make it easier for imprisoned seniors to receive parole, a measure supporters say is both humane and cost-saving as state lawmakers look for ways to plug a multi-billion-dollar outyear budget gap…