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Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
By: Nathaniel Wright, BollyInside - As detailed in Spectrum News, support is growing for the reform of the state’s parole process as legislators rush to pass a series of criminal justice measures within the next two weeks....
By: Staff Report, FingerLakes1 - A legislative push to reform New York’s parole system has gained momentum, with the Assembly Correction Committee advancing a bill Wednesday that could grant parole eligibility to prison inmates aged 55 and older, provided they have served at least 15 years of their sentence....
By: Lisa Kate, Spectrum News 1 - Lawmakers in the Assembly Correction Committee advanced legislation Wednesday to mandate any person in New York prison aged 55 and older to be eligible for a parole hearing after they've served at least 15 years of their sentence. It would include people serving life sentences..
By: Nick Reisman, Spectrum News 1 - Changes to New York's victims' compensation law as well as a proposed overhaul of parole are being backed by a founder of the MeToo movement, advocates announced this week....
By: Rebecca C. Lewis and Shantel Destra, City & State New York - As state lawmakers sort out their end-of-session priorities, parole reform appears to be on the agenda for both chambers. The state Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee voted to advance legislation meant to make it easier for incarcerated people to get considered for parole. And the Assembly Correction Committee was set to move that bill, along with another that would make elderly inmates eligible to get parole.
By: Peter Sterne, City & State New York - Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark is supporting the passage of two bills that would allow people who have served long prison sentences to be eligible for parole.
By: Maia Hibbett, New York Focus - After almost four decades with New York’s prison system, Anthony Annucci is on his way out....
Por: Rev. Juan Pastor Reyes y Elmer Flores, El Diario - "La redención es un principio central de muchas creencias. Creemos que todas las personas pueden ser redimidas y que nadie debe ser dejado atrás por nuestra sociedad. Ese es nuestro mandato diario – manifestar fe en la acción elevando la dignidad de todas las personas..."
By: Nick Reisman, Spectrum News 1 - "A proposal that would make it easier for people who have served more than a decade in prison to be considered for parole is gaining ground in the state Senate with a majority of lawmakers in the chamber now signing on to support the bill...."
By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle - "With just several weeks left before the end of the state’s legislative session, hundreds of criminal justice reform advocates rallied in Albany in support of two bills that would alter the state’s parole process for elderly incarcerated individuals...."
By: Rob Abruzzese, Brooklyn Daily Eagle - "The event, dubbed, 'Freedom at the Finish Line -- Breaking Chains and Winning Parole Justice,' saw 350 passionate advocates take to the Empire State Plaza Concourse, accompanied by a full-size marching band and the powerful voices of freedom songs..."
By: Wyatt Stayner, Prison Journalism Project, "The aging prison population has tripled in the past two decades. These facilities, which offer poor medical care and a stressful environment, are ill-equipped to handle their graying population"
