May 26, 2022: Kathleen Pequeño and Leroy Taylor, Times Union
Commentary: A victim and a man doing time for murder agree – we need to end violenceRead More
long sentences
Freed from a double-life sentence, a long-imprisoned New Yorker urges Albany to find relief for others
May 19, 2022, Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
ARUN VENUGOPAL/GOTHAMIST
How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved one
While incarcerated people were left to suffer behind prison walls during the first waves of the pandemic, their families were left to worry in the dark
May 16, 2022: Aiyuba Thomas and Tommaso Bardelli, Prism
How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved oneRead More
Letter to New York Legislators: Pass The Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole Bills to Protect Public Health
“On February 24, 2022, we sent a letter to the leadership of the New York State legislature in support of two bills, the Elder Parole Bill and the Fair and Timely Parole Bill, that would reduce the number of people in New York State prisons and thus lessen the risk of COVID in state prison facilities.“
February 24, 2022: UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project
More Than A Number
Older New Yorkers are dying in state prisons at an alarming rate. Once and for all, they need to come home to their families.
October 27, 2021: Wilfredo Laracuente, Inquest