March 12, 2020
This new paper highlights ways in which the harmful impacts of parole policies disproportionately fall on Black and brown communities in New York. The report also summarizes existing research on disparities in parole supervision practices nationally. The authors conclude that there is significant existing momentum toward reform in these areas, and that New York should take legislative action to reform parole practices while there is a window of opportunity to do so.
Read the paper here.