By JEONGYOON HAN/ WXXI NEWS / NPR
Racial disparities in parole decisions continue to worsen across New York state, with new data showing a widening gap from a year ago.
The state’s parole board is 33% less likely to release a person of color than a white person, according to a report by the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University analyzing data from 2022 to March 2025.
“Despite all of the increased scrutiny of these racial disparities in parole release decisions, the last six months show that these egregious racial disparities have remained, and even slightly worsened,” the report states…