Recent Articles
Advocates Rally in Albany for Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole Bills
By: Rob Abruzzese, Brooklyn Daily Eagle – “The event, dubbed, ‘Freedom at the Finish Line — Breaking Chains and Winning Parole Justice,’ saw 350 passionate advocates take to the Empire State Plaza Concourse, accompanied by a full-size marching band and the powerful voices of freedom songs…”
The Memo: Tragic subway death sparks firestorm among New York Democrats
By: Niall Stanage, The Hill, “The killing of a troubled man in a New York City subway car earlier this week has ignited a political firestorm….”
Dying Behind Bars — Another Form of Capital Punishment
By: Wyatt Stayner, Prison Journalism Project, “The aging prison population has tripled in the past two decades. These facilities, which offer poor medical care and a stressful environment, are ill-equipped to handle their graying population”
Fighting ‘furniture poverty’ for the formerly incarcerated
By: Anna Lucente Sterling, Spectrum News/NY1, “When Keith Hunter was released from prison in 2020, it took him two-and-a-half years to secure the keys to his own apartment. Having a stable roof over his head gave Hunter, whose criminal record includes a slew of robbery convictions, a sense of stability after spending more than half of his life in the prison system…”
When Will My Sentence End? Reforming the Criminal Justice System • “The Problem with Jon Stewart”
On “America’s Incarceration Epidemic,” the March 25 episode of The Problem with Jon Stewart, Stewart tackles America’s incarceration epidemic, featuring interviews with Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner, and formerly incarcerated leaders Jay Jordan, CEO of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, and Mark Shervington, Statewide Advocacy Associate at RAPP (Release Aging People in Prison).
Opinion: Addressing the Plight of New Yorkers Aging Behind Bars
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.”