Latest Articles Tagged "parole reform"
The effort comes as Biden and Trump fuel debate over who should receive clemency or even any punishment at all.
Despite what they claim was significant support from Democratic legislators, parole reform advocates failed to get a vote on two measures.
Advocates are now pushing Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign the bill.
A new report estimates that passing the bulk of this legislation, along with closing more upstate prisons, would save the state $1.52 billion annually.
“I want this to be a legendary session,” said State Senator Jabari Brisport, a Brooklyn Democrat and member of the Democratic Socialists of America. “It comes down to whether we have the political will.”
"New York's entire parole system is drawing in black and brown people at a wildly disparate rate."
"When you keep 10,000 New Yorkers in prison until they die, that’s death by incarceration.”
"Those men are trying to find a way to be better individuals, but you won’t see it unless they’re given an opportunity."
Nicholas Feliciano was being held for over a month without seeing a judge or being given a chance to apply for bail. He didn't even have a lawyer.
As New York City tries to decrease the number of people held on Rikers Island, the number of New Yorkers held there for petty parole violations is creeping up.