Featured Reports
Post-COVID Trends in New York’s “They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies
Tinsae Gabriel & Marie Ndiaye, FWD.us — This policy brief examines parole policies and practices in Missouri, Mississippi, and New York – three states that help illustrate some of the factors contributing to the nationwide decline in parole use and provide recommendations for a path forward. . .
Post-COVID Trends in New York’s Aging Prison Population
Post-COVID Trends in New York’s Aging Prison Population — Report from NYS Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli
Built on Brutality: How a system founded on violence, racism, and cover-ups continues to main and murder with impunity
Albany, NY – New Report by NY State Senator Julia Salazar Finds New York Prisons Fraught with Endemic Violence and Disregard for the Law …
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Freedom Delayed, Justice Denied: Increasing Racial Disparities in NY State’s Parole Release Decisions + May 2025 UPDATE
[F]or the last nine years of available data, the Parole Board was 22.26% less likely to release a person of color than a white person. This systemic failure remains persistent and is only getting worse…
WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF JOSE HAMZA SALDANA BEFORE THE NY STATE LEGISLATORS’ 2024 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HEARING
January 30, 2024: In written testimony, Jose Saldana, Director of Release Aging People in Prison, supports the Unemployment Bridge Program (S3192-Senator Ramos/A4822-Assemblymember Reyes) for the 2024-2025 New York State Budget….
UN Human Rights Committee Calls for Moratorium on Life Without Parole in U.S.
November 3, 2023: Groups fighting Death By Incarceration traveled to Geneva to brief committee for its review of U.S. compliance with human rights treaty
NY Master Plan on Aging Must Include Parole Justice, say New York State Legislators
October 19, 2023: In latter to NY State Department of Health and the State Office for the Aging, Senators and Assembly Members urge enactment of the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills + comprehensive re-entry support network for older adults
UN Special Rapporteurs criticize U.S. death-by-incarceration sentences
October 17, 2023: RAPP members join delegation to United Nations, Geneva Switzerland • testify on racial discrimination in prison sentencing
DEATH BY INCARCERATION IS TORTURE: The Cruelty of Life Imprisonment in the United States
September 12, 2023: “Isn’t part of the human experience learning from mistakes and becoming better? . . . We transgress, we’re held accountable, we transform, and then we make amends. Death by incarceration strips people of this experience…”