Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

We organize people, families, and communities across New York State to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice. #ParoleJusticeNY #ClemencyNow

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Tell your New York State legislators to pass Parole Justice legislation now to reunite families, promote safety and healing, and end permanent punishment.

Use this quick and easy tool: https://t.co/7qQCpZh7dP

[Osborne Association @OsborneNY]

A new month, a new calendar of opportunities to visit your loved ones in NY state prisons for free. You sign the interest form, we bring the bus. See you in August.

Sign up at the 🔗 in thread.

**NOTE: eligibility for visits to facilities are based on the facilities visiting guidelines for that day. Review the graphic for eligibility information.

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

In the month of June, seven (7) New Yorkers died in state prison. Their lives mattered and we honor and remember them.

🕯Please light a candle. We will do the same.

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Read the full article in @thenation: https://t.co/puUfQ1zKUP

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

A look into the aging crisis in US prisons.

“If you commit a crime and the judge says you’ll do 20 years, that is the sentence: taking away your liberties...The sentence didn’t include losing your leg from diabetes or losing your life from poor care.���

We need #ParoleJusticeNY.

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

“Judge Kaplan’s injunction against DOCCS confirms what incarcerated individuals, their families, and advocates have been telling us for years—that withholding medical care from incarcerated New Yorkers is an egregious, but common abuse of power in state prisons." - @SalazarSenate

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

'Deliberate indifference': NY state put imprisoned man's life at risk, judge rules

https://t.co/4nGZLdhGTU

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Another great day of canvasing for Parole Justice at the Nyack farmers market. 75 more people signed postcards to their local Assembly Member. We’re excited to keep growing our support in Rockland County with new organizational and faith partners.

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

How should NY respond to Trump's perversion of justice? From selling pardons to giving special treatment to participants in the failed January 6 coup, the President's corruption is unparalleled. In this OpEd, RAPP's Alton Lee, an Army veteran, shares a vision for the way forward.

[Rebecca C. Lewis @_rebeccaclewis]

Inbox: Over 100 lawmakers from around the state and at different levels of government have signed onto a letter to Schumer and Jefferies calling for ICE to be abolished.
Led by state Sen. Julia Salazar, Assembly Member Diana Moreno and NYC Council Member Shahana Hanif

[#HALTsolitary — Go to bit.ly/EndSolitaryNY @NYCAIC]

“DOCCS ignored reports like these for decades before they tortured and murdered Robert Brooks,” said HALT’s Anisah Sabur. “Rather than more reports, we need urgent action to expand pathways to release from these racist & deadly prisons, and an immediate end to all abuses inside.”

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Beautiful day in the Lower East Side talking with community members about justice and public safety.

32 people signed postcards to their local Assembly Member urging passage of the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills. Several asked to join our work.

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

“This year, our movement made enormous gains that must be celebrated, yet we cannot overlook the anguish of the 76 families grieving loved ones who died in prison or the tens of thousands at risk of meeting the same fate."

Our statement on the the 2026 NY Legislative Session:

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

More than 200 people have died in NY prisons since a mob of white prison guards viciously beat and stomped Robert Brooks to death. Gov. Hochul and the Legislature have accomplished nothing to free people from these death traps.

[Rebecca C. Lewis @_rebeccaclewis]

Now that the budget is done, the Assembly has moved into the important stuff: Hug a Sheep Day (yes, that's on Halloween). Members "baaaaed" when the resolution was announced

[S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @STOPSpyingNY]

Join us tomorrow, May 28, for a #PowerDownSurveillance webinar on how carceral surveillance is eroding civil liberties and exposing vulnerable communities to false arrest, immigration enforcement, and mass surveillance. RSVP: https://t.co/ek75gaLX8u

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Read the whole OpEd here in the MidHudson Times here: https://t.co/ePff9avtpI

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

How should NY respond to Trump's perversion of justice? From selling pardons to giving special treatment to participants in the failed January 6 coup, the President's corruption is unparalleled. In this OpEd, RAPP's Alton Lee, an Army veteran, shares a vision for the way forward.

[ajjack.bsky.social @brooklynPD]

Don't let them say there isn't enough time, with this diverse majority of reps behind these bills, there is nothing BUT time to get this done before 6/4. Pass #ParoleJustice, no more excuses, get these common sense bills over the finish line today. T/Y to my rep @LegMJShimsky

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Demand your representatives, legislative leaders & Gov. Hochul act today by visiting https://t.co/7qQCpZh7dP

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

NEW: New York State is READY for Parole Justice! A majority of state lawmakers are calling for action to pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills but time is running out! The legislative session ends on June 4. Demand a vote now.

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[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Another person has died in NY prisons. His life mattered and we honor and remember him.

After 42 years in prison & at least nine parole denials, he became the 71st person lost to this system in 2026. He was 79 years old.

What are we doing??

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Another person has died in NYS prisons. His life mattered and we honor and remember him.

He was the 70th person lost to this system in 2026.

*His conditional release date was coming up in July.*

Please light a candle. We will do the same.