If we're going to truly transform the criminal justice space, if we're going to really talk about decarceration, about lowering this population about really creating a system of rehabilitation, of compassion, of not judging people on the worst of their actions for a moment in their life, then we need to pass Fair and Timely Parole, Elder Parole and as my colleague, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas has said, The Clean Slate bill, as well," he said. “We know good and well that we need to come into this session and this has be the No. State Assemblyman Kenny Burgos, a Democrat whose district includes Rikers Island, took part in a virtual meeting to discuss the report Tuesday. Another would change the standards of parole, centering release on a person’s rehabilitation while incarcerated, not on the original crime.
The state officially abolished the death penalty in 2007.Ī growing number of Democratic lawmakers are calling for major criminal justice reforms to be passed during the 2022 legislative session, including measures to give incarcerated people over age 55 who have also already served 15 years in prison a chance to go before a parole board. It comes at a time of renewed scrutiny on incarceration, including a number of deaths at the troubled Rikers Island jail in New York City.
The report, “New York’s New Death Penalty,” found more New Yorkers died in state prison in the last decade - 1,278 people - than the total number who died by execution during the more than 350 years in which capital punishment was permitted in the state - 1,130 people. A new report from Columbia University has gained the attention of New York state lawmakers looking to push for major prison reforms next year.
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