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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…”

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The Problem with Parole: New York State’s Failing System of Release

June 2023: Center on Race, Inequality, & the Law – “The legislature should pass a provision that grants all people aged 55 or older, who have served 15 years or more in prison, immediate parole consideration, regardless of crime or sentence. Roughly 1,000 people are serving life without the possibility of parole or virtual life sentences. … ¶ It is appalling that despite the repeated documentation of the vast racial disparities in decisions by New York State’s Parole Board, those disparities have continued and worsened, while New York policymakers have failed to address the issue.”

Read moreThe Problem with Parole: New York State’s Failing System of Release

Elder Parole is an Aging Issue

By: Hunter Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging While the number of people in New York State prisons has been declining, the number and proportion of older people in prison has …

Read moreElder Parole is an Aging Issue

Reports by Date

  • Executive inaction: States and the federal government fail to use commutations as a release mechanism

    March 25, 2022

    April, 2022: Prison Policy Initiative: “Our survey of eight states found an average of one commutation for every 10,000 imprisoned people each year…”

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  • NEW YORK STATE LEADERS: NO ROLLBACKS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS!

    March 24, 2022

    Letter from civil rights, criminal justice reform, democracy, and philanthropic leaders and organizations to Governor Hochul, Lieutenant Governor Benjamin, and legislative leaders

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  • Letter to New York Legislators: Pass The Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole Bills to Protect Public Health

    February 24, 2022

    By: UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project “On February 24, 2022, we sent a letter to the leadership of the New York State legislature in support of two bills, …

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  • Resolution: Manhattan Community Board Six Supports NY State Senate Bill S15A for Elder Parole

    February 23, 2022

    The Elder Parole Bill affords a parole hearing to any incarcerated person after age 55 who has served 15 years in prison February 16, 2022: Manhattan Community Board Six

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  • RAPP Testimony for FY 2022-23 Joint Legislative Hearing on the Executive Public Protection Budget Proposal

    January 25, 2022

    By: Theresa Grady, Jeannie Colon, Lisette Nieves and Nawanna Tucker, RAPP Community Leaders “The crisis of mass incarceration is at a boiling point, with people dying in New York’s prisons …

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  • Elderly, Detained, and Justice-Involved: The Most Incarcerated Generation

    January 14, 2022

    Winter, 2022, Rachael Bedard, Joshua Vaughn, and Angela Silletti Murolo, The City University of New York Law Review (Vol. 25, No. 1)

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