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New York’s Prison System Abruptly Halts a Policy Censoring Artists and Writers

June 8, 2023 by susie day

By: Victoria Law The Nation - One day after New York Focus broke the story about the censorship policy, the state department announced that it would suspend the rule impeding creative endeavors in prisons

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Criminal justice bills garner increased support for parole reform

May 25, 2023 by susie day

By: Nathaniel Wright, BollyInside - As detailed in Spectrum News, support is growing for the reform of the state’s parole process as legislators rush to pass a series of criminal justice measures within the next two weeks....

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Parole reform support mounts as pols eye criminal justice measures

May 25, 2023 by susie day

By: Lisa Kate, Spectrum News 1 - Lawmakers in the Assembly Correction Committee advanced legislation Wednesday to mandate any person in New York prison aged 55 and older to be eligible for a parole hearing after they've served at least 15 years of their sentence. It would include people serving life sentences..

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Parole bills advance in NY Legislature

May 23, 2023 by susie day

By: Rebecca C. Lewis and Shantel Destra, City & State New York - As state lawmakers sort out their end-of-session priorities, parole reform appears to be on the agenda for both chambers. The state Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee voted to advance legislation meant to make it easier for incarcerated people to get considered for parole. And the Assembly Correction Committee was set to move that bill, along with another that would make elderly inmates eligible to get parole.

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Parole reform gets final push before end of legislative session

May 10, 2023 by susie day

By: Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle - "With just several weeks left before the end of the state’s legislative session, hundreds of criminal justice reform advocates rallied in Albany in support of two bills that would alter the state’s parole process for elderly incarcerated individuals...."

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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul grants clemency to 13 people, 1 year after promising to do so more often

December 22, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

By: Samantha Max, Gothamist: Gov. Kathy Hochul pardoned nine people and commuted the sentences of four others on Wednesday — a year after she last granted several New Yorkers clemency — and pledged to continue to do so “on an ongoing basis," despite having not done so for a year.

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Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.

December 10, 2022 by Melissa Tanis

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 …

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Governor Hochul’s ‘Rolling’ Clemency Process Has Set Just One Person Free

July 25, 2022 by susie day

July 25, 2022: Victoria Law, Hell Gate

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New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Execution Era

October 13, 2021 by susie day

Center for Justice at Columbia University This report compiles and analyzes data on in-custody deaths in New York State between 1976 and 2020 and offers policy recommendations for curtailing the …

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Why Crime Victims Joined the Fight for Parole Justice in New York

April 1, 2021 by susie day

March 22, 2021: Victoria Law, The Appeal

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