Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

It’s a beautiful day🌞! Join us at the Healthy Orange Farmers Market🍊. Visit the RAPP table and meet our Hudson Valley community leader Alton and learn more about our fight for fair pathways home.

Yesterday, we were back at the Healthy Orange Farmers Market 🍊in Newburgh, NY. We gave information about pathways for release and how we’re fighting to free our elders. There was hope for freedom and an opportunity to grab some fresh fruits & veggies! 🥬🥕🍎✊🏽

According to NYSDOCCS, 68 people have died in NY prisons in 2025. The state doesn't disclose these deaths in real time. Even families often learn about them from incarcerated people. A bill awaiting action by Gov. Hochul would require prompt disclosure. She should sign it.

Kicking off the summer at the Healthy Orange Farmers Market in Newburgh, NY! 🌱🍊We’re out here building people power to continue the fight for fair pathways home from prison!

1/ At immigration court today, I watched the judge grant a young boy two years to finish his application. ICE agents grabbed him from his mother, put him in a freight elevator, and disappeared him. I am calling on Gov Hochul to come here, see what is happening in her state, and

In the second part of this video, a gentleman's court date was rescheduled because a translator was not available. ICE didn't care, dragged him away anyway, and threatened to arrest my team. TLDR: ICE is abducting people who are following the law. @CMAlexaAviles can confirm.

Journalist @meeranavlakha on the organizing work of @RAPPcampaign to create paths to release for older incarcerated NYers. Learn about the inspiring life journey of formerly incarcerated activist and RAPP organizer Stanley Jamel Bellamy: inquest.org/never-too-old-…

Today is the final day of NY's 2025 legislative session. Our statement: Thanks to all who joined the struggle for parole justice, especially those who are directly impacted. The Legislature failed, but WE took critical steps forward. Together, our fight continues.

🚨Urgent: The NYS legislative session ends TOMORROW. Let's make some noise & demand the Assembly TAKE ACTION and join the Senate in passing the Protect In-Person Visits bill. Contact Assembly Speaker Heastie TODAY and ask him to call the bill (A4603) for a full vote NOW. Spread…

Statement by @verainstitute: By failing to pass the parole justice and sentencing reforms included in @BPHACaucus’s Robert Brooks Blueprint, as well as *ANY* protections for immigrants, NY legislators put all New Yorkers in harm’s way. Infuriating. vera.org/newsroom/new-y…

We’re outside with our beloved movement siblings demanding Senate Leader @AndreaSCousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and @GovKathyHochul end our state’s collusion with ICE. Enact New York 4 All before session ends this week!