If the Risk is Low, Let Them Go
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 Thomas and Tommaso Bardelli, Prism
How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved oneRead More
April 8, 2022: susie day, Jose Saldaña, Laura Whitehorn, Verso Blog
Instead of Punishment, You Need a Movement: Why RAPP Leaves No One BehindRead More
Winter, 2022, Rachael Bedard, Joshua Vaughn, and Angela Silletti Murolo, The City University of New York Law Review (Vol. 25, No. 1)
Elderly, Detained, and Justice-Involved: The Most Incarcerated GenerationRead More
December 2, 2021: Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
Eligible for Release in 2016, Mutulu Shakur Remains Behind Bars With Worsening CancerRead More
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
October 2021: Center for Justice at Columbia University
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: 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, Release Aging People in Prison Director Jose Saldana, released the following statement:
…March 1, 2021: Michelle Lind, USA Today/lohud.com
Parole reform is badly needed to save New Yorkers’ lives and reunite New York familiesRead More
November, 2020: 45 international and US humanitarian and religious leaders
October 19, 2020: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and SafetyRead More
October 12, 2020: Release Aging People in Prison
September 28, 2020: Eight Candidates for District Attorney of New York County
June 25, 2020: RAPP and 75 other organizations, institutions and associations