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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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New York State’s Aging Prison Population: Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
“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 …
Toward a Fairer Parole Process
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 …
New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era
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 …
The Problem With Parole: New York State’s Failing System of Release
June 2021: NYU Center on Race, Inequality and the Law and Parole Preparation Project
A Second Look at Injustice
May 12, 2021: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, The Sentencing Project
Faith Leaders on Long Island to NYS Senators: Pass Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole
May 6, 2021: 43 Long Island Faith Community Leaders and Institutions