How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved one
While incarcerated people were left to suffer behind prison walls during the first waves of the pandemic, their families were left to worry in the dark May 16, 2022: Aiyuba …
Instead of Punishment, You Need a Movement: Why RAPP Leaves No One Behind
April 8, 2022: susie day, Jose Saldaña, Laura Whitehorn, Verso Blog
Elderly, Detained, and Justice-Involved: The Most Incarcerated Generation
Winter, 2022, Rachael Bedard, Joshua Vaughn, and Angela Silletti Murolo, The City University of New York Law Review (Vol. 25, No. 1)
Eligible for Release in 2016, Mutulu Shakur Remains Behind Bars With Worsening Cancer
December 2, 2021: Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
More Than A Number
Older New Yorkers are dying in state prisons at an alarming rate. Once and for all, they need to come home to their families. October 27, 2021: Wilfredo Laracuente, Inquest
New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era
Center for Justice at Columbia University This report compiles and analyzes data on in-custody deaths in New York State between 1976 and 2020 and offers policy recommendations for curtailing the …
Thousands of prisoners have died of covid-19. Because of the ‘tough on crime era,’ there’s worse to come
August 26, 2021: Frank R. Baumgartner, Tamira Daniely, Kalley Huang, Patrice McGloin, Niharika Vattikonda, Kamryn Washington, Sydney Johnson, Allison Swagert, Alexander Love and Lyle May, Washington Post
March 29, 2021: Release Aging People in Prison Campaign Responds to NY Supreme Court Decision Making All Incarcerated People in NY State Prisons Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine
March 29, 2021: New York, New York Today, the N.Y. State Supreme Court ruled that all incarcerated people in New York State be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. In response, …
Parole reform is badly needed to save New Yorkers’ lives and reunite New York families
March 1, 2021: Michelle Lind, USA Today/lohud.com
Open Letter to the Hon. Gov. Andrew Cuomo from Nobel Peace Laureates and world humanitarian and religious leaders urging clemency for David Gilbert and other incarcerated elders
November, 2020: 45 international and US humanitarian and religious leaders Read Here
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety
October 19, 2020: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Read Here
The Missing Chapter: Governor Cuomo’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated New Yorkers from COVID-19
October 12, 2020: Release Aging People in Prison Read Here