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Members of Congress join the fight to pass parole reform in New York

December 2, 2025 by susie day

Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State NY — Fair and Timely Parole as well as Elder Parole have languished in the state Legislature, but momentum for the bills is building...

Rally in Rochester urges lawmakers to pass parole reform bills

December 1, 2025 by susie day

Chris Fortune / NEWS 10 NBC — Rochester – Rally in Rochester urges lawmakers to pass parole reform bills...

Hempstead rally pushes for New York parole bills

December 20, 2024 by susie day

Kelsie Radziski / LI Herald — A rally was held in Hempstead on Dec. 4 to push for the passage of two bills statewide that would help imprisoned individuals seek justice through the parole system...

Hochul grants clemency to 22

December 20, 2024 by susie day

Johan Sheridan / News10 ABC — ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul granted clemency to 22 people on December 19, with one sentence commuted and the rest pardoned. She has granted clemency to 94 people in total since taking office in 2021...

New York Advocates Rally for Parole System Overhaul Amid Calls for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice

December 8, 2024 by susie day

Luis Lombardi / Hoodline New York City — Advocates for criminal justice reform are actively campaigning in New York for significant changes to the parole system, anticipated to reshape the roadmap for incarcerated individuals' release in 2025...

Who should catch a break? NY justice reform advocates push changes for parole in 2025

December 8, 2024 by susie day

Arun Venugopal / Gothamist — Criminal justice reform advocates in New York are making their case for fixes to the parole system in 2025...

Dying Behind Bars — Another Form of Capital Punishment

November 3, 2023 by susie day

By: Wyatt Stayner, ScheerPost — When Theresa Grady, 62, calls her husband in prison, she tries not to let her voice crack and does her best not to cry. Sometimes, though, her upbeat veneer fractures, she told Prison Journalism Project....

Opinion Letter: Compassionate Release for Those Aging Behind Bars

August 21, 2023 by susie day

By: Carol Shapiro, New York Times: As a former parole commissioner, I know that dementia is just the tip of the iceberg of the problem of mass aging behind bars....