RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Thomas O'Neil-White: WBFO-FM 88.7 • BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Elder Parole bill would grant an automatic parole hearing to an incarcerated person 55 years and older who has served 15 years of their sentence...
Claudine Ewing: 2WGRZ-TV • BUFFALO, N.Y. — According to the State Corrections, 15% of Erie County residents in state prisons are age 55 or older. Many of them were locked up when they were just young people...
Erica Bouska: Troy Record — TROY, N.Y. — Community advocates and others gathered Tuesday to call for the passage of two parole reform bills and celebrate those in the Capital Region who received awards from state legislators for their crime reduction work....
By: Madeline Safford, RochesterFirst.com • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Local and state officials came together Monday to honor the crime reduction work of formerly incarcerated people and families of people in prison...
By: Rachel Rippetoe, Law 360: Jose Saldana had long passed his minimum 25-year prison sentence as he prepared for his fifth parole hearing in November 2017....
By: Nadia Galindo/News 12, Westchester: "It took me five times at the parole board to be denied," said Dannie McQueen, of Mount Vernon. "I didn't have life, I had a conditional release and that's how I got out." ...
By: James Ford, PIX/11 News: IIf a person older than 55 has been incarcerated for more than 15 years and has proven themselves to be a model prisoner, should they be guaranteed consideration for parole, no matter their crime? It’s a question that was at the center of a rally in Yonkers on Wednesday...
By: Rob Abruzzese, Brooklyn Daily Eagle: In anticipation of the 2024 New York State Legislative Session, a group of state lawmakers, violence interrupters and advocates converged to honor the crime reduction endeavors of previously incarcerated individuals and families of those still in prison...
By: Victoria Law, Truthout - Shortly after midnight this past Friday, guards found 37-year-old Elizabeth Hagerty dead in her un-air-conditioned Texas prison cell. The day before, temperatures had reached nearly 100 degrees...
By: Eric Harvey, The Riverdale Press - Two incarceration-focused bills have advanced to the New York State Assembly Correction Committee. The elder parole legislation has been co-sponsored by 31 people, including state Sens. Gustavo Rivera and Robert Jackson....
By: Times Union Editorial Board, Times Union - Ending the secrecy surrounding lobbying on judgeships should be among the more urgent business as the Legislature prepares to wrap up its session this week.
By: Shantel Destra, City & State NY - ... criminal justice advocates have pushed for the passage of two popular parole reform bills. The Elder Parole bill would make older people who have already served more than 15 years in prison eligible for parole, while the Fair & Timely Parole bill would direct parole boards to consider evidence of people’s rehabilitation, not just the severity of their original crimes...
