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You are here: Home / Archives for Fair and Timely Parole

Fair and Timely Parole

‘The people left behind’: Advocates renew push to pass parole reform

January 24, 2023: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle

Robert Webster, a Queens man who was released from prison last October after serving 34 years of a 50 year sentence, received a proclamation in Albany for his community work. Photo via RAPP
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New York News Parole advocates pack NYS Capitol pressing lawmakers to pass reform

January 18, 2023: Mikhaela Singleton, ABC News10

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Arrecia llamado a Albany para que aprueben reformas de libertad condicional para presos mayores y más reclusos elegibles

January 18, 2023: Edwin Martínez, El Diario

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Arrecia llamado a Albany para que aprueben reformas de libertad condicional para presos mayores y más reclusos elegiblesRead More

Op-Ed | We want safety and healing, not harsh punishment

January 18, 2023: Shneaqua Purvis, AMNY

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Op-Ed | We want safety and healing, not harsh punishmentRead More

Advocates, lawmakers to honor formerly incarcerated in push for parole reforms

January 17, 2023, Dennis Slattery, NY Daily News

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Reform NY parole to let people like me prove they can change (Guest Opinion by Ronald Dennis)

December 9, 2022: Ronald Dennis, Syracuse.com

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Reform NY parole to let people like me prove they can change (Guest Opinion by Ronald Dennis)Read More

Advocates push for NY lawmakers to expand parole eligibility

December 8, 2022: Elise Kline, WENY, Erie News NOW

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Albany again picks up parole reform bills

December 8, 2022: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle

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Lawmakers explore proposed reforms to NY state parole system

December 7, 2022: Kate Lisa, Spectrum News 1

Alexandra Bailey, an end life imprisonment strategist with The Sentencing Project, speaks in favor of the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills at a Senate hearing Wednesday. (Spectrum News 1)
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Advocates, lawmakers renew push for N.Y. parole reform that would ease the release of older inmates

December 7, 2022: David Slattery, NY Daily News

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Commentary: “Let me be a grandfather”: Does New York need to keep aging prisoners locked up?

December 6, 2022: John J. Lennon, Times Union

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New York’s ageing prisoners languish with poor medical care and little hope

Advocates in New York hope the case of Valerie Gaiter, who died in prison after 40 years behind bars, will help bring reform

August 20, 2022: Gloria Oladipo,The Guardian

State lawmakers joined formerly incarcerated New Yorkers and activists during a rally in support of parole reforms in New York, on 20 April 2022. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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New York’s ageing prisoners languish with poor medical care and little hopeRead More

Former convicts deserve better

July 24, 2022: Eddie Gibbs, NY Daily News
Gibbs is the first and only formerly incarcerated member of the Legislature, representing East Harlem in the NY State Assembly

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Advocates question Hochul’s unfulfilled promise to staff parole board

July 11, 2022: Kate Lisa, NYS Spectrum News 1

Advocates question Hochul’s empty vow to staff parole board
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I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’

Between the grueling schedule, copious paperwork, abrupt hearings and risk-averse colleagues, prison reformer Carol Shapiro realized the New York parole system was dysfunctional by design

June 17, 2021: Carol Shapiro as told to Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project

Carol Shapiro, Artist and Activist
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I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’Read More

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