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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

  • New York State’s Aging Prison Population: Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising

    January 13, 2022

    “In the months ahead, policy makers should carefully examine opportunities to reduce the population of incarcerated individuals age 50 and above.“ NY State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli This report provides …

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  • Toward a Fairer Parole Process

    December 15, 2021

    Vera Institute of Justice “New York State’s parole-review process must focus on who people are at the time of the interview and whether they pose a current and clear public …

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  • New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era

    October 13, 2021

    Center for Justice at Columbia University This report compiles and analyzes data on in-custody deaths in New York State between 1976 and 2020 and offers policy recommendations for curtailing the …

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

    August 1, 2021

    June 2021: NYU Center on  Race, Inequality and the Law and Parole Preparation Project

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  • A Second Look at Injustice

    August 1, 2021

    May 12, 2021: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, The Sentencing Project

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  • Faith Leaders on Long Island to NYS Senators: Pass Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole

    August 1, 2021

    May 6, 2021: 43 Long Island Faith Community Leaders and Institutions

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