RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Crains New York Business — A package of bills that has floated in Albany for close to a decade would make it easier for imprisoned seniors to receive parole, a measure supporters say is both humane and cost-saving as state lawmakers look for ways to plug a multi-billion-dollar outyear budget gap...
Anthony Dixon / Queens Daily Eagle — No one should be judged unworthy of freedom by those who’ve never had to earn it back. Recently, the New York City Council passed Resolution 414-A, with a majority of Queens Councilmembers voting aye, backing a bill introduced by Senator Cordell Cleare requiring the Governor and State Legislature to appoint at least one formerly incarcerated person to the New York State Board of Parole . Though the Council lacks appointment power, its message was unmistakable: those most impacted by incarceration must help shape the system that determines freedom...
Anthony Dixon / Queens Daily Eagle — No one should be judged unworthy of freedom by those who’ve never had to earn it back. Recently, the New York City Council passed Resolution 414-A, with a majority of Queens Councilmembers voting aye, backing a bill introduced by Senator Cordell Cleare requiring the Governor and State Legislature to appoint at least one formerly incarcerated person to the New York State Board of Parole . Though the Council lacks appointment power, its message was unmistakable: those most impacted by incarceration must help shape the system that determines freedom...
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News—Jonathan Grant, 61, was found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday at the 200-year-old maximum security prison in Auburn, N.Y., which has been operating at about 58% of capacity since well before the strike, a statement from prison officials said...
JB Nicholas / The Freelance —Commissioner Daniel J. Martuscello III, of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, blew off the advocates’ concerns...
Anthony Dixon / The Appeal — The governor’s broken promises have perpetuated an unacceptable status quo that denies incarcerated individuals a fair and transparent process for parole decisions...
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...
Robert Abruzzese / Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Lawmakers and advocates from Brooklyn, including individuals who were formerly incarcerated, held a press conference in Albany on Monday to discuss the importance of parole justice for families in the state...
Nathan Porceng: New York Focus – ANTHONY DIXON was sure the parole commissioners would give him a “fair shake.” As a young man, Dixon was convicted of robbery, gun possession, and murder. After serving his minimum sentence of 30 years, he had extensive evidence of his transformation to present to the New York State Board of Parole...
By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle
By: Raga Justin, Times Union Legislators heard testimony Wednesday on a pair of bills that advocates say would help elderly inmates withdecades-long sentences avoid dying in prison ALBANY — Robert …
By: Kate Lisa, Spectrum News 1 Lawmakers took a hard look Wednesday at proposed legislation to reform New York state’s parole system and make it easier for incarcerated people to …
