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Parole justice will be in focus at Bedford Playhouse

May 6, 2022: Jeff Morris, The Record-Review

“The Interview,” a documentary by Jon Miller and Zach Russo

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The Aging of the US Prison Population: A Public Health Crisis

May, 2022: Jonathan S. Bor, HealthAffairs.org (Health Affairs, vol 41, no.5)

Incarcerated for thirty-eight years, Jose Saldaña was released from prison at age 66. Today he leads the New York City–based Release Aging People in Prison, a grassroots organization dedicated to parole reform.

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Zombie Commissioners and Antiquated Structure Poses Hurdles for Parole Reform

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

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A Terrible Catch-22

December 6, 2021: David Leonhardt, New York Times

Garr Keith Hardin and his co-defendant Jeffrey Clark, wrongfully convicted in 1995, spent more than 20 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. They were finally declared innocent. Photo: Maggie Huber

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Advocates urge parole reform in final hours of New York’s legislative session

June 10, 2021: Rachel Vick, Queens Daily Eagle

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