Media
Newsletters
Press
Featured Press:
New Yorker profile
WCBS 880 In Depth: Is Now the Time for Parole Reform in New York? >
February 2020: WCBS Newsradio
What to look for in criminal justice reform in New York in 2020 >
January 2020: Noah Goldberg and David Brand, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
They’ve been through New York’s parole system. That’s why they want to change it. >
December 2019: Noah Goldberg, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Interviews With Five Aging NY State Prisoners Hoping For Freedom: 'Who I Am Now Is Not Who I Was' >
December 2019: Multiple reporters, Gothamist
The Parole Preparation Project >
November 2019: Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker
Advocates for Aging Prisoners Look to Force a Debate on Parole >
August 2019: Roshan Abraham, CityLimits.org
Parole Isn't Working in New York: Our Urgent Duty is to Properly Staff the Parole Board >
April 2019: Michelle Lewin, New York Daily News (opinion)
Parole Law and Reform - 44th Street Podcast >
April 2019: Gina Mitchelle interviews Michelle Lewin, Jose Saldana, and Steve Zeidman
Bill Allowing 'Elder Parole' Consideration for Older Inmates Gains Momentum in NY >
April 2019: Dan M. Clark, New York Law Journal
'There Are No More Excuses': Protesters Demand That Cuomo Staff the Parole Board >
April 2019: Aviva Stahl, Gothamist
Consider Parole for Elder Convicts >
March 2019: Brad Hoylman and Jose Saldana, Times Union
It's Time for Parole Reform in New York; Here are the First Three Steps >
January 2019: Luis Sepulveda & David Weprin, Gotham Gazette
Advocates Press Albany to Fix New York's Parole System >
January 2019: Jarrett Murphy, CityLimits.org
Activists Push Reforms as Lawmakers Discuss Public Safety >
January 2019: Rachel Silberstein, Times Union
January 2019: Stephen Rex Brown, Trever Boyer, and Reuven Blau, New York Daily News
Incarcerated NYers Ask Cuomo to Help Them Come Home for the Holidays >
December 2018: Victoria Law, Gothamist
Prison Advocates Call for Massive Parole Board Reforms >
November 2018: Reuven Blau, New York Daily News
The Prison 'Old-Timers' Who Gave Me Life >
October 2018: Darnell Epps, New York Times
Cuomo's Parole Board is Woefully Short-staffed and Includes Two Political Hacks, Advocates Say >
August 2018: Reuven Blau and Stephen Rex Brown, New York Daily News
Prisoner Advocates Say Parole Board is Understaffed and Overwhelmed >
August 2018: Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC News
Fear-mongering Versus Reality in New York Parole >
October 2018: Steven Zeidman, Gotham Gazette
How I'm Preparing for Parole in Prison >
April 2018: Lawrence Bartley, The Marshall Project
Hard-Won Parole Board Reforms Under Attack in New York >
April 2018: Kanya D'Almeida, Rewire.News
Executive Director Michelle Lewin joins Law and Disorder on their radio program “Lawyers You’ll Like >
January 2018 (Interview begins at 28'00")
For Black People Facing Parole in New York State, Signs of a Broken System >
December 2016: Michael Winerip, Michael Schwirtz, and Robert Gebeloff, New York Times
Governor Cuomo Orders Investigation of Racial Bias in New York State Prisons >
December 2016: Michael Winerip, Michael Schwirtz, and Robert Gebeloff, New York Times
Testimony
Testimony Before the Hearing of the NYS Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction & the Senate Standing Committee on Elections >
October 2018: Michelle Lewin and Jose Saldana (Testimony begins at 3:14)
Testimony Before the Hearing of the NYS Assembly's Corrections Committee on the Board of Parole >
December 2013: Scott Paltrowitz, the Correctional Association of New York
Reports
Eight Keys to Mercy: How to Shorten Excessive Prison Sentences >
November 2018: Jorge Renaud, Prison Policy Initiative
New York State Parole Board: Failures in Staffing and Performance >
2017: Parole Preparation Project and The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Prospects for Parole on Life Sentences >
2017: The Sentencing Project
New York State's Aging Prison Population >
April 2017: Office of the New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli
Still Life: America's Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences >
2017: The Sentencing Project
False Hope: Hoe Parole Systems Fail Youth Serving Extreme Sentences >
November 2016: American Civil Liberties Union
Aging in Prison: Reducing Elder Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety >
November 2015: Center for Justice, Columbia University
Coming Out of Concrete Closets: A Report on Black and Pink's National LGBTQ Prisoner Survey >
October 2015: Black and Pink