RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Vandana Saras / Middletown Times-Herald — Gabrielle Hill, the newly elected Orange County Legislator for District 6, met Alton Lee during her election campaign. Lee, who works as a Hudson Valley community leader at Release Aging People in Prison, handed her a postcard that she said read: The bills will reunite families, make our community safer and save $522 million a year...
Jeanine Agnolet / Mid-Hudson News — NEWBURGH – Lawmakers joined former prisoners, crime survivors and families of the incarcerated in the City of Newburgh on Monday to fight for parole justice...
Dr. Ms. Jones / Hudson Valley Press Online — (NEWBURGH) The heartbeat of the city pulsed with unity, joy, and music on Tuesday, August 5th as residents gathered on lower Broadway for Newburgh’s 36th National Night Out that brought together the community in a show of strength. The celebration span from Johnston to Liberty Street and brought out hundreds. National Night Out, observed nationally on the first Tuesday in August, is a community awareness event aimed to promote police and community partnerships and enhance the relationship between neighbors to build community. It is celebrated in over 16,000 communities all over the United States...
Alton Lee / Hudson Valley Times — As a veteran, I’m offended that those who attacked our Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021 were rewarded by President Trump with blanket pardons simply because of their unquestioning loyalty to him. As a formerly incarcerated person, I’m outraged that so many other people in prison, who have done tremendous work to turn their lives around and give back to society, still languish there without any such recognition....
Devon Jane Schweizer, The Oracle: Former incarcerated individuals and current justice policy reform advocates Jose Saldaña, Anthony Dixon and Alton Lee sat before local community members on March 25 for the 12th annual Woodstock Film & Discussion Series to discuss “The Interview” and share their firsthand knowledge of New York’s prison and parole system...
