October 2021: Center for Justice at Columbia University
covid-19
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, Release Aging People in Prison Director Jose Saldana, released the following statement:
…Governor, please release our husbands: Loved ones of inmates ask for Christmas mercy
December 23, 2020: Nawanna Snipe Tucker, Theresa Grady, Emma Pierre, and Roslyn McLeod-Abdullah, New York Daily News
Governor, please release our husbands: Loved ones of inmates ask for Christmas mercyRead More
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
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety
October 19, 2020: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and SafetyRead More
The Missing Chapter: Governor Cuomo’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated New Yorkers from COVID-19
October 12, 2020: Release Aging People in Prison
Letter to Governor Cuomo: Use Your Executive Clemency Power to Release Aging People From NYS Prisons
September 28, 2020: Eight Candidates for District Attorney of New York County
Testimony and Recommendations of Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP and Parole Preparation Project (PPP) to the NYS Senate Hearing on COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails
Letter to Gov. Cuomo and NYS Legislative Leadership Opposing Plan to Make a Prison Nursing Home in Adirondack
June 25, 2020: RAPP and 75 other organizations, institutions and associations
Failing Grades: States’ Responses to COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
June 25, 2020: Emily Widra and Dylan Hayre, Prison Policy Initiative (NYS gets an F+)
Failing Grades: States’ Responses to COVID-19 in Jails and PrisonsRead More
Open Letter to NYS Legislature: Address Racist State Violence of Prisons and Policing
June 5, 2020: 176 NYS Organizations
Open Letter to NYS Legislature: Address Racist State Violence of Prisons and PolicingRead More
Candidates Tell NYS Legislative Leaders: Save The Lives of People in Prison Vulnerable to COVID-19
May 28, 2020: Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas and other candidates for NYS Legislature
NY Congressional Delegation Letter Urges Gov. Cuomo to Release More Incarcerated NY’ers
May 22, 2020: US Rep. Jerold Nadler et al
NY Congressional Delegation Letter Urges Gov. Cuomo to Release More Incarcerated NY’ersRead More
Why New York Needs Elder Parole to Combat COVID-19 Behind Bars
May 21, 2020: Release Aging People in Prison, Parole Preparation Project, HALT Solitary, FWD.us and other advocates
Why New York Needs Elder Parole to Combat COVID-19 Behind BarsRead More