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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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Parole reform isn’t done

November 17, 2021: NY Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest, AMNY Op-Ed

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Parole reform isn’t doneRead More

On Rikers Island, a Doctor Who Tends to the Oldest and Sickest

November 12, 2021: Ted Alcorn, New York Times

Dr. Rachael Bedard, director of Geriatrics and Complex Care Services for NYC’s jail system, outside North Infirmary Command at Rikers Island (Credit: Brittainy Newman for The New York Times)
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New report on prison deaths comes as New York lawmakers push for reforms

October 15, 2021: Ashley Hupfl, WAMC Northeast Public Radio

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About 1,300 died in NY state prisons in the last decade, research shows

October 13, 2021: Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, lohud.

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