RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Reuven Blau / The City — A coalition of more than 50 advocacy organizations is urging New York lawmakers to scrutinize the state’s prison system, pressing for answers about alleged brutality, deaths behind bars and violations of solitary confinement reforms as the legislature weighs more than $4 billion in funding...
Reuven Blau / The City — Some of the most powerful actors in New York’s criminal justice system — district attorneys, prison superintendents and even the judges who imposed the original sentences — have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to grant clemency to people serving decades behind bars. Until this week, she hadn’t freed a single one...
Reuven Blau / The City — Those that have been in the NY state pen and their lawyers say “what is most unusual about the beatdown of Mr. Brooks is that it was captured on video.” ...
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...
