Over 25,000 People in Prison Await Decisions on Their Clemency Applications
By: Victoria Law, Truthout: Across the U.S., people in prison are hoping for compassion — and clemency — allowing them to rejoin their loved ones.
Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.
By: Victoria Law, The Nation California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped. Rita …
Albany again picks up parole reform bills
By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle
Senate committee considers bills that would end death by incarceration
By: Raga Justin, Times Union Legislators heard testimony Wednesday on a pair of bills that advocates say would help elderly inmates withdecades-long sentences avoid dying in prison ALBANY — Robert …
Advocates, lawmakers renew push for N.Y. parole reform that would ease the release of older inmates
By: David Slattery, NY Daily News ALBANY — Proponents of a pair of bills that would overhaul the state’s parole system renewed their push for change Wednesday as lawmakers held …
Black, Hispanic people more often disciplined in NY prisons, Inspector General says
By : Eduardo Cuevas, lohud. People of color are more likely to face discipline while incarcerated in New York prisons compared to their white counterparts — and disparities appear to have worsened, a new state Inspector General’s report found.
Fighting new prison care package ban
By: Deirdre Bardolf, Assoc. Ed., Queens Chronicle Lawmakers and advocates gathered outside the Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City on Tuesday to condemn a directive from the state Department …
While some clemency reforms quietly take shape, advocates look to gov for more
November 16, 2022: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle
Zeldin Threat Passed, Criminal Justice Reformers Ready to Push Hochul
November 11, 2022, Reuven Blau,The City
Out of Prison, Meat in the Game: Anthony Dixon vs the Matrix
By: susie day, CounterPunch+ -- "At seven, Anthony was sent to the New York Children’s Village, a facility for “troubled children,” where he remained until he was nine. As he grew older, he spent more time in various forms of state custody. In fact, Anthony, now 61, estimates that, since his first encounter with “the system,” he has lived maybe eight years of his life outside an institution...."
‘A survival lifeline’: Families decry ban on care packages in NY prisons
September 27, 2022: Michelle Bocanegra, Gothamist