RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Jacob Schermerhorn / Rochester Beacon — “A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre,” is a political biography of Sostre, a Black Puerto Rican man who became a “politicized prisoner” and jailhouse lawyer in the 1950s and 1960s...
Samra Brouk / Rochester Beacon — Currently, our prison system focuses only on punishment without considering its long-term consequences. Instead, we need to find ways to enable incarcerated people to grow and change. As chair of the Senate Mental Health Committee, I recognize that when we help individuals heal, we make our communities safer places to live...
Tracie Adams: Rochester Beacon — I’m a crime survivor working to pass Elder Parole and I’d like to tell you why...
