RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Mohamed Taguine / NYCLU — New Yorkers aren’t clamoring for more police, nor are they buying politicians’ tough-on-crime messages and policies. Instead, they are eager for policies that advance crime prevention over punishment and move away from over-policing — which they don’t see as making communities safer...
Kelsie Radziski / LI Herald — A rally was held in Hempstead on Dec. 4 to push for the passage of two bills statewide that would help imprisoned individuals seek justice through the parole system...
Johan Sheridan / News10 ABC — ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul granted clemency to 22 people on December 19, with one sentence commuted and the rest pardoned. She has granted clemency to 94 people in total since taking office in 2021...
Zion Decoteau / News10 — The People’s Campaign for Parole Justice is pushing for passing two bills: the Elder Parole Bill and the Fair and Timely Parole Act. They want to ensure that reformed prisoners get another chance at life...
Robert Abruzzese / Brooklyn Daily Eagle — The New York State Legislature is ending its 2024 legislative session without passing the Elder Parole (S2423/A2035) and Fair & Timely Parole (S307/A162) bills, despite both measures having garnered majority support in both houses. Advocates argue that older, formerly incarcerated adults have the lowest recidivism rates and can enhance community safety through mentorship and violence prevention...
Charlene Allen & Cameron Rasmussen / INQUEST: To achieve justice beyond punishment, we must challenge the narrative that carceral violence is the only response to other forms of violence...
Press Release / PR.com: Today, Shyheim, The Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and founder of the Rugged Road to Recovery, announced his support for parole justice legislation pending in New York State’s legislature to bring home elders from prison like those who mentored him while he was incarcerated....
Ashley Hupfl, The Daily Gazzette: STATE CAPITOL — As Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes closing up to five prisons this year, parole and prison reform advocates gathered at the state Capitol Tuesday to push legislation aimed at systematic change...
By: Berkeley Brean, News10NBC • ALBANY, NY — As more inmates get paroled or serve their sentence and get released, the percentage of older inmates is going up. So we went to the Liberty Pole to meet people who say the state should reform the system ...
By: Madeline Safford, RochesterFirst.com • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Local and state officials came together Monday to honor the crime reduction work of formerly incarcerated people and families of people in prison...
By: Rachel Rippetoe, Law 360: Jose Saldana had long passed his minimum 25-year prison sentence as he prepared for his fifth parole hearing in November 2017....
By: Nadia Galindo/News 12, Westchester: "It took me five times at the parole board to be denied," said Dannie McQueen, of Mount Vernon. "I didn't have life, I had a conditional release and that's how I got out." ...
