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The Problem with Parole: New York State’s Failing System of Release

June 5, 2023 by susie day

June 2023: Center on Race, Inequality, & the Law - "The legislature should pass a provision that grants all people aged 55 or older, who have served 15 years or more in prison, immediate parole consideration, regardless of crime or sentence. Roughly 1,000 people are serving life without the possibility of parole or virtual life sentences. ... ¶ It is appalling that despite the repeated documentation of the vast racial disparities in decisions by New York State’s Parole Board, those disparities have continued and worsened, while New York policymakers have failed to address the issue."

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Racial disparities in NYC parole releases are widening, NYU study finds

June 5, 2023 by susie day

By: Graham Rayman, New York Daily News - During the first four months of 2023, the state Parole Board released 45% of white prisoners who appeared before it, compared to 32.4% of all people of color who had hearings, researchers at NYU Law’s Center on Race, Inequality and the Law and the Vera Institute found...

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N.Y. needs criminal justice reform: We must put compassion in parole decisions

May 28, 2023 by susie day

By: Carol Shapiro, New York Daily News - People often think mass incarceration is the result of a few laws — the federal 1994 crime bill or state-level Rockefeller Drug laws, for example — but in reality it’s driven by everyday decisions, small and large, made by actors across the justice system, including some you’ve probably never heard of...

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RAPP Campaign Calls on NY State Lawmakers to Oppose Gov. Hochul’s Crime Bill and Address Root Causes of Crime

March 18, 2022 by susie day

March 18, 2022: Press Release

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The Problem With Parole: New York State’s Failing System of Release

August 1, 2021 by susie day

June 2021: NYU Center on  Race, Inequality and the Law and Parole Preparation Project

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A Second Look at Injustice

August 1, 2021 by susie day

May 12, 2021: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, The Sentencing Project

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