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January 17, 2025, NY Times
“Jose Saldana, the director of a nonprofit called the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, said that when he was incarcerated at Sullivan Correctional Facility from 2010 through 2016, he worked in a department that helped coordinate parolees’ releases. He said he often reminded his supervisor to call nursing homes that hadn’t picked up the first time. ‘They would say they had too many other responsibilities to stay on the phone calling,’” Mr. Saldana said.
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January 16, 2025, Amsterdam News
“The worsening racial disparities in parole releases in New York State is totally unacceptable,” said Rev. Al Sharpton in a statement. “The fact that thousands of Black and Brown people who are currently locked up in New York’s prisons would be home with their families if people of color were released at the same rates as white people is a moral stain on our great state — and all New Yorkers should expect better.”
January 3, 2025, The City
“For many formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, the scene of a handcuffed Robert Brooks, 43, being beaten by a team of state prison correction officers while in a medical bed on Dec. 10 was not shocking at all. ‘That’s just how the system is. It’s been going on forever,’ said Greg Mingo, who served nearly 40 years in state prison before he was granted clemency in 2021 by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on his last day in office.”
December 20, 2024, LI Herald
“Caroline Hansen, a lead organizer for New Hour For Women and Children and a community leader with Release Aging People in Prison, said her husband, Kristian, “was sentenced to a death by incarceration at 19 years old.”
After 29 years of transformation, he has become a mentor, a college graduate and a trainer for explosive detection canines through the Puppies Behind Bars program, according to Hansen.
‘If he is able to help the young people inside the prisons, imagine what he can do in our community,’ she said. ‘Imagine how he can make our communities safer. Imagine what he can do here on Long Island. The possibilities are endless.’
‘We need him to come home, and we need him to come home now,’ she implored.”