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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…”

Read moreDEATH BY INCARCERATION IS TORTURE: The Cruelty of Life Imprisonment in the United States

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

  • Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States

    January 27, 2012

    January 27, 2012: Human Rights Watch Find the book

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  • It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release

    April 20, 2010

    April, 2010: The Vera Institute for Justice Read Here

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  • Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging Population

    January 6, 2007

    January 2007: Brie A. Williams and Rita Abraldes, in Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities, John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY Read Here

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  • Dignity Denied: The Price of Imprisoning Older Women in California

    December 6, 2005

    December  2005: Heidi Strupp and Donna Willmott, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Read Here

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  • Second Chances: Juveniles serving life without parole in Michigan Prisons

    November 6, 2004

    January 1, 2004: ACLU of Michigan Read Here

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