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Parole Board

‘The people left behind’: Advocates renew push to pass parole reform

January 24, 2023 by Melissa Tanis

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.

Read more‘The people left behind’: Advocates renew push to pass parole reform

Advocates, lawmakers renew push for N.Y. parole reform that would ease the release of older inmates

December 7, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

December 7, 2022: David Slattery, NY Daily News

Read moreAdvocates, lawmakers renew push for N.Y. parole reform that would ease the release of older inmates

Advocates question Hochul’s unfulfilled promise to staff parole board

July 12, 2022 by susie day

July 11, 2022: Kate Lisa, NYS Spectrum News 1

Read moreAdvocates question Hochul’s unfulfilled promise to staff parole board

I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’

June 17, 2022 by susie day

Between the grueling schedule, copious paperwork, abrupt hearings and risk-averse colleagues, prison reformer Carol Shapiro realized the New York parole system was dysfunctional by design June 17, 2021: Carol Shapiro …

Read moreI Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’

New York’s longest serving inmate who murdered 14-year-old granted parole

May 11, 2022 by susie day

May 10, 2022: Panagiotis Argitis, Dan Gross, RochesterFirst.com/WROC

Read moreNew York’s longest serving inmate who murdered 14-year-old granted parole

Don’t speak for crime victims — just listen to us

April 24, 2022 by susie day

April 24, 2022: Luz Marquez Bembow, The Riverdale Press

Read moreDon’t speak for crime victims — just listen to us

Advocates rally for passage of elder parole reform in Rochester

April 21, 2022 by susie day

April 20, 2022: Spectrum News Staff, Rochester, Spectrum News 1

Read moreAdvocates rally for passage of elder parole reform in Rochester

Instead of Punishment, You Need a Movement: Why RAPP Leaves No One Behind

April 8, 2022 by susie day

April 8, 2022: susie day, Jose Saldaña, Laura Whitehorn, Verso Blog

Read moreInstead of Punishment, You Need a Movement: Why RAPP Leaves No One Behind

Parole Justice Now: Confronting Death by Incarceration in New York

March 22, 2022 by susie day

March 22, 2022: Jonah Walters, Nonprofit Quarterly

Read moreParole Justice Now: Confronting Death by Incarceration in New York

Another Voice: State should grant parole to people who don’t need to be in prison

February 25, 2022 by susie day

February 24, 2022: Stephen Hart, The Buffalo News

Read moreAnother Voice: State should grant parole to people who don’t need to be in prison

Zombie Commissioners and Antiquated Structure Poses Hurdles for Parole Reform

February 11, 2022 by susie day

Governor Kathy Hochul says she will finally fill vacancies on the state’s parole board, opening the potential to shift from presumptive detention February 8, 2022: Nick Pinto, New York Focus/Bolts

Read moreZombie Commissioners and Antiquated Structure Poses Hurdles for Parole Reform

Rev. Al Sharpton to endorse Albany bills that would ease parole of older prisoners

February 7, 2022 by susie day

February 7, 2022: Graham Rayman, New York Daily News

Read moreRev. Al Sharpton to endorse Albany bills that would ease parole of older prisoners
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