Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.
By: Victoria Law, The Nation California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped. Rita …
How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved one
While incarcerated people were left to suffer behind prison walls during the first waves of the pandemic, their families were left to worry in the dark May 16, 2022: Aiyuba …
Advocates for parole reform make a pitch to lawmakers in Albany
May 11, 2022: Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
Instead of Punishment, You Need a Movement: Why RAPP Leaves No One Behind
April 8, 2022: susie day, Jose Saldaña, Laura Whitehorn, Verso Blog
Senior citizens serving federal sentences have fallen through the cracks
March 18, 2022: Carrie Johnson, NPR/WNYC
Lawmakers must finally make elder parole reform
February 14, 2022: Jessica Altagracia Woolford, The Riverdale Press
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)
State comptroller: Aging prison population means higher costs for New York
January 13, 2022: The Citizen staff, The Citizen/auburnpub.com
DiNapoli: New York’s prison population has gotten smaller and older
January 13, 2022: Nick Reisman, NY1/Spectrum News
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.“ January, 2022: NY State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
New York’s Prisons Are Turning Into Senior-Citizen Centers
December 23, 2021: Errol Louis, Intelligencer, New York magazine
Elderly prisoners pose little risk, so why won’t the state let some of them free?
October 2, 2021: The Editorial Board, Boston Globe