RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Albany, NY – New Report by NY State Senator Julia Salazar Finds New York Prisons Fraught with Endemic Violence and Disregard for the Law ...
America’s prison population is aging — and aging faster than ever. The graying of America’s prisons is transforming the landscape of the nation’s correctional systems, presenting myriad operational and fiscal challenges for prison systems across the country. Of most importance, though, is that the ballooning elderly incarcerated population,3 coupled with correctional agencies' inability to adequately address their distinct needs, has created conditions that are ripe for a multitude of civil rights violations, the
exacerbation of chronic medical conditions, and ultimately, needless suffering and preventable deaths. These problems are only getting worse...
PRESS RELEASE • Alyssa Gordon / ACLU — (NEW YORK) The American Civil Liberties Union and the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs released Trapped in Time: The Silent Crisis of Elderly Incarceration September 22, a report exposing how U.S. prisons are failing to keep up with the rising number of aging people behind bars. Outdated sentencing laws have left tens of thousands of people imprisoned for decades, creating a humanitarian, fiscal, and operational crisis as correctional departments struggle to meet the medical, mental health, and accessibility needs of an aging prison population...
