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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…”
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.”
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 …
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Executive inaction: States and the federal government fail to use commutations as a release mechanism
April, 2022: Prison Policy Initiative: “Our survey of eight states found an average of one commutation for every 10,000 imprisoned people each year…”
NEW YORK STATE LEADERS: NO ROLLBACKS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS!
Letter from civil rights, criminal justice reform, democracy, and philanthropic leaders and organizations to Governor Hochul, Lieutenant Governor Benjamin, and legislative leaders
Resolution: Manhattan Community Board Six Supports NY State Senate Bill S15A for Elder Parole
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
RAPP Testimony for FY 2022-23 Joint Legislative Hearing on the Executive Public Protection Budget Proposal
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 …
Elderly, Detained, and Justice-Involved: The Most Incarcerated Generation
Winter, 2022, Rachael Bedard, Joshua Vaughn, and Angela Silletti Murolo, The City University of New York Law Review (Vol. 25, No. 1)