Advocates slam gov for failing to commute sentences of incarcerated women
Jacob Kaye / Queens Daily Eagle — Tami Eldridge, a 51-year-old woman from Queens, has spent the past 25 years in a New York State prison...
Gov yet to utilize clemency powers as illegal prison guard strike continues
Jacob Kaye / Queens Daily Eagle — As the illegal strike by New York State prison guards entered its ninth day on Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul said enough was enough. The officers who had illegally walked off of their jobs in New York’s prisons over a week ago had yet to negotiate their return in good faith and were putting “the entire state at risk” by going AWOL, Hochul said...
Hochul’s clemency reforms stall, concerning advocates
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...
Queens based lawmakers and formerly incarcerated advocates rally for new prison reform bills
Athena Dawson, QNS: Lawmakers from Queens, alongside prison reform advocates, converged in Albany Wednesday to champion parole justice for families in Queens...
One-fifth of Queens residents in NY prisons are 55 or older, data shows
Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle: According to data from the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, around 18 percent of all Queens residents serving their sentences in New York State prisons are 55 years or older. Many, according to advocates, were given multi-decade sentences at a young age and despite changing their lives while incarcerated, have found it difficult to petition for their release....
Parole reform gets final push before end of legislative session
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...."
‘The people left behind’: Advocates renew push to pass parole reform
By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle: Last year, Robert Webster was sitting in prison, facing the prospect of serving two more decades of his 50 year to life sentence. The Queens man had already served 34 years of that sentence, which he was given when he was 17 years old.
Albany again picks up parole reform bills
By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle
While some clemency reforms quietly take shape, advocates look to gov for more
November 16, 2022: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle