Featured Reports
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 …
DEATH BY INCARCERATION IS TORTURE • Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.
Dozens of organizations across the United States submitted a complaint to United Nations independent experts challenging the United States’ policy and practice of condemning people to death by incarceration (DBI), …
Nothing But Time: Elderly Americans Serving Life Without Parole
By: Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., The Sentencing Project
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NY Doctors: Open Letter to Gov. Cuomo for COVID-19 Vaccine Access in Prisons and Jails
February 24, 2021: Hundreds of NYS Doctors and Organizations
No End In Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment
February 17, 2021: Ashley Nellis, The Sentencing Project
NYC Public Defender Legislative Priorities for Criminal Legal System Reform
December 16, 2020: Six Public Defender Organizations
Statement from the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus on the COVID-19 Risk in New York Prisons
November 25, 2020: Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Caucus of the NYS Legislature
Open Letter to the Hon. Gov. Andrew Cuomo from Nobel Peace Laureates and world humanitarian and religious leaders urging clemency for David Gilbert and other incarcerated elders
November, 2020: 45 international and US humanitarian and religious leaders Read Here
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety
October 19, 2020: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Read Here