Morris Grady

“Holding on to Love” • Theresa Grady on Loss, Healing, and Justice, via Legal Aid Radio 📻

May 10, 2026 by susie day

Debra Sterling Walters • Theresa Grady, Legal Aid Radio — On this episode of Legal Aid Radio, Theresa Grady shares the story of her husband, Morris Edward Grady, her first love and lifelong partner, whose life was cut short while incarcerated. Through heartbreak, she continues to rise as a voice for justice, fighting for dignity and fair treatment for aging people behind bars. It’s a powerful reminder that behind every sentence is a human being… and behind every loss is a family still learning how to heal...

Why aging in NYS prisons is becoming more commonplace

March 12, 2026 by susie day

Tandy Lau / NY Amsterdam News — Last month, Greg Mingo, a formerly incarcerated activist, was enlisted to advocate for Morris Grady, who, at age 71, was serving a sentence in Ulster County’s Eastern Correctional Facility. He immediately agreed to pen a letter, but Grady died a day later. “[His wife] asked me Thursday, and he passed away Friday,” recalled Mingo...

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....

Dying Behind Bars — Another Form of Capital Punishment

May 4, 2023 by susie day

By: Wyatt Stayner, Prison Journalism Project, "The aging prison population has tripled in the past two decades. These facilities, which offer poor medical care and a stressful environment, are ill-equipped to handle their graying population"