Carol Shapiro

Advocates question Hochul’s unfulfilled promise to staff parole board

July 11, 2022: Kate Lisa, NYS Spectrum News 1

*Advocates question Hochul’s empty vow to staff parole board*

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New York parole reformers, after seeing their policy push stall, now look past the November elections

June 23, 2022: Arun Venugopal, Gothamist

Advocates for parole reform visited Albany to press lawmakers for changes. In the end, two promising pieces of legislation stalled.
*Arun Venugopal / Gothamist*

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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 as told to Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project

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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

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