New York State has implemented a reform measure expanding the State Commission of Correction from three to five commissioners, a development that follows sustained advocacy for enhanced oversight of state correctional facilities amid allegations of systemic abuse, violence, and neglect.
New York State spent a record $450.6 million on prison healthcare in 2025, despite the aging incarcerated population driving these costs reoffending at some of the lowest rates in the system and being denied parole at increasing rates, prompting the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign to call for the passage of the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills.
A new report from Solitary Watch details systemic abuse in New York prisons, citing physical violence, deprivation of basic resources, and widespread solitary confinement, and calls for urgent and sweeping reforms to ensure humane conditions for incarcerated individuals.
By Shellsea Lomeli NEW YORK – The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign (RAPP) along with several…