RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Tom Eschen / CBS 6 ALBANY WRGB — A discrepancy with "no rational explanation" is causing criminal justice advocates to call for Governor Kathy Hochul to make changes to New York's parole board, and for the legislature to pass parole reform bills this session...
BK Reader Staff / BK Reader — A report by the New York University School of Law’s Center on Race, Inequality and the Law flagged racial disparities in the New York State Parole Board's release decisions...
Robert Abruzzese / Brooklyn Daily Eagle — A recent report by NYU Law’s Center on Race, Inequality & the Law, titled “Freedom Delayed, Justice Denied: Increasing Racial Disparities in New York State’s Parole Release Decisions,” highlights significant racial disparities in parole release rates in New York State...
Reuven Blau / The City — Black and Hispanic people in New York state prisons have a much higher chance to be denied parole than whites over the past three years — a divide that’s gotten worse since being highlighted in 2016, a new study shows...
Carol Shapiro / The Marshall Project — Carol Shapiro joined the New York parole board to make change. Marathon days, copious paperwork and dysfunctional hearings brought her to tears...
Chris Gelardi / New York Focus — “Does anyone care how long people stay in prison?" That’s what Carol Shapiro wants to know...
