RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
By: Brooklyn Eagle Staff, Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Attorney General James ... said, “The Elder Parole bill will help create a pathway for people to re-enter our society and be reunited with their families. When people transform their lives, they deserve an opportunity for redemption.”
By: Common, via Twitter - "Peace. This is Common. And I'm joining advocates and state lawmakers around New York for a Parole Justice Day of Action. We're demanding the passage of the Elder Parole Bill and the Fair & Timely Parole Bill. Because in New York, too many people, who are eligible for release right now, are still being denied a fair chance to return home and reunite with their families...."
By: Carol Shapiro, New York Daily News - People often think mass incarceration is the result of a few laws — the federal 1994 crime bill or state-level Rockefeller Drug laws, for example — but in reality it’s driven by everyday decisions, small and large, made by actors across the justice system, including some you’ve probably never heard of...
By: Wyatt Stayner, Prison Journalism Project, "The aging prison population has tripled in the past two decades. These facilities, which offer poor medical care and a stressful environment, are ill-equipped to handle their graying population"
By: News 12 Staff, News 12 The Bronx — A public hearing was held at City Hall on Friday to discuss what New York City is doing to help support formerly incarcerated older New Yorkers...
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 …
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 …
May 11, 2022: Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
April 8, 2022: susie day, Jose Saldaña, Laura Whitehorn, Verso Blog
March 18, 2022: Carrie Johnson, NPR/WNYC
February 14, 2022: Jessica Altagracia Woolford, The Riverdale Press
Winter, 2022, Rachael Bedard, Joshua Vaughn, and Angela Silletti Murolo, The City University of New York Law Review (Vol. 25, No. 1)
