RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Noah Powelson / Brooklyn Daily Eagle — A week after Governor Kathy Hochul enacted her first round of clemencies this year, 135 organizations co-signed and published a letter to state leaders demanding more be done to address “the urgent crisis of racist brutality, medical neglect and denial of basic dignity in New York State prisons.” ...
Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State — More than 130 advocacy groups – including the WFP, NAACP New York Conference and Release Aging People in Prison – called on the governor to reduce the state's prison population...
Jeongyoon Han/ WXXI NEWS / NPR — The state’s parole board is 33% less likely to release a person of color than a white person, according to a report by the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University analyzing data from 2022 to March 2025...
July 30, 2021: TeAna Taylor, The Daily Gazette, Guest Column
June 10, 2021 PARTICIPANTS HIGHLIGHTED THE URGENCY OF PASSING ELDER PAROLE AND FAIR & TIMELY PAROLE BILLS AND LAY OUT THE HUMAN AND FINANCIAL TOLL OF INACTION
June 1, 2021: Statewide Conference Calls on Legislature to Pass #ParoleJusticeNY bills Statewide Conference Joins Statewide Grassroots Movement Calling on New York Lawmakers to Pass Parole Reform Legislation this Session …
June 1, 2021: Denis Slattery, New York Daily News
