The Unlikely Friendship Helping Drive NY Parole Reform Fight
By: Rachel Rippetoe, Law 360: Jose Saldana had long passed his minimum 25-year prison sentence as he prepared for his fifth parole hearing in November 2017....
Opinion Letter: Compassionate Release for Those Aging Behind Bars
By: Carol Shapiro, New York Times: As a former parole commissioner, I know that dementia is just the tip of the iceberg of the problem of mass aging behind bars....
N.Y. needs criminal justice reform: We must put compassion in parole decisions
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...
Advocates question Hochul’s unfulfilled promise to staff parole board
July 11, 2022: Kate Lisa, NYS Spectrum News 1
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’
Between the grueling schedule, copious paperwork, abrupt hearings and risk-averse colleagues, prison reformer Carol Shapiro realized the New York parole system was dysfunctional by design June 17, 2021: Carol Shapiro …
Zombie Commissioners and Antiquated Structure Poses Hurdles for Parole Reform
Governor Kathy Hochul says she will finally fill vacancies on the state’s parole board, opening the potential to shift from presumptive detention February 8, 2022: Nick Pinto, New York Focus/Bolts
New York criminal justice advocates warn of parole ‘crisis’
January 19, 2022: Tim Williams / Susan Arbetter, State of Politics / Capital Tonight, Spectrum News
Advocates on both sides speak to parole reform bills
January 11, 2022: Liz Bishop, WRGB/CBS