this is the Parole Justice is Racial Justice press conference, all. you're in the right place!

Be back gotta do a funders meeting. Great day!

Good morning everyone. Welcome to our Parole Justice is Racial Justice press conference!

Morning everyone. We’ll get started shortly.

HAVE THEY STARTED YET?

Nah....10am

I can’t hear anything????

Thank You.

<3 Thank you for sharing TeAna

Thank you, Stanley!! One of RAPP’s incarcerated leaders - and you just heard why.

Kings and Queens should be reunited with their loved ones and stop the generational curse of incarceration

Thank you Stanley! Your beautiful spirit shines through to us. We want you out!

Thank you, Sharon and WFP!

Prison is the pandemic TY WFP

Yaaas Jabaari Brisport for fighting with us- ASE

THANK YOU SEN. JABAARI B

Thank you, Vincent!

Truth, my brother in the struggle <3 u Vince

This country has a history of justifying Black behavior as animalistic, which only allows for the continuous killing of Black and Brown bodies. Thank you Vincent on speaking on this!

Thank you Sen. Brisport, absolutely right, the criminal legal system is cancel culture.

Thank you, Vincent!

Thank you, Vincent! Your leadership, voice and work are so important to this transformative work.

YAAAAAAS, my sheri, a true champion for our bills. A role mddl for our future <#,#,# me some Carmen DeLaRosa. This is our story our history

YAAASSSSS; PREACH

Thank you, Carmen!

Thank you Carmen! So proud to be your constituent. Thank you for reminding us of the link between police violence and prison cruelty

POWER TO OUR PEOPLE

Black history is 365 24/7 to a black person and we need to celebrate our history. Teach my brother, incarceration destroys our future generations

There is nothing empirical about NYS, it is built on the backs of slave labor

NYS STRAIGHT POLICE STATE!! PERIOD

Incredible words Abdul-Qadir: Duality of justice...this is a true travesty for Black and Brown communities, incarcerated justice is racial justice.

THANK YOU BRUTHA YUSUF!!!

thank you Yusuf! eloquent and dedicated and thoughtful as always

YES!!! You are very eloquent Yusef!!!

ASE Yusef, you followed up REAL WELL

Thank you, Yusuf!

I am a member of UU Buffalo, Rev. Joan Montagnes and I love my UU fam

AMEN REV

Amen!

Thank you Rev. Kimberly

Thank you Rev. Kimberly Johnson!

Thank you Rev Johnson

Thank you Rev. Kimberly spoken like a true fool <3

There are people on lifetime parole which is insane, that is another bill that we have to support

Thank you Rev. Johnson, you are an incredible force for good on Long Island!

I AGREE, MR DAVIS, PAROLE IS JUST A TRAP TO RECONVICT & FOR THEM TO GET PAID!! I KNOW ALL TOO WELL

Thank you Billy. Well said. You are a wonderful educator.

WOW; I HEAR YOU

Perfect explanation of why we need Fair and Timely Parole bill (S1415/A4231) True!

That's right, the nature of the crime is not something that anyone can change as much as there is regret and remorse.

Exactly, that’s the only thing that will never change. The person changes and should be judged accordingly

With current practices, parole board is ridiculous and obsolete

Thank you, Assembly Member Darling!

love the headband Queen, and thank you for your advocacy in the struggle . Publish this poem ASE

Thank you, AM Darling. Someone asked earlier what the chances of passing these bills is. With leadership like yours and the other elected officials who’ve spoken here today, we know: WE WILL PASS these bills.

Thank you! This is our year for parole reform

Thank you for visiting Bedford Hills

That’s right!

Who does it protect? Who does it serve?

EXACLTY!!

Thank you for going to Bedford. Your oversight can break the escalating repression women in there have been suffering over the last decade and especially during Covid.

i was in bedford hills they are 2 great ppl free them

New Hour represents thousands of women right now behind bars across Long Island jails...some in solitary. We appreciate your support AM Mamdani and AM Darling.

Having spent more than 14 years in prison I know well that prisons INCREASE violence. INCREASE damage.

There are women there who are octogenarians. If this bill doesn’t pass my daughter will be one of the statistics

Bedford Hills should be abolished. Women, pregnant and older should come home now.

I WAS IN BEDFORD & ALBION; SO THANK YOU FOR GOING!! THEY DON'T TREAT OUR ELDERLY WOMEN IN THEIR WITH RESPECT AT ALL

I survived Bedford...many women I took care of were in the terminal ill unit and were older and died there. This continues to happen.

Yes, Dr. Fullilove! Thank you!

Well said Dr. Fullilove.

Free them all, It’s a matter of public health and it’s common sense not rocket science. <3 Dr. Fullilive

Yes Dr. thank you for uplifting this! that virus knows no walls it is carried in and out on staff

Thank you lawmakers for visiting the prisons...they are voiceless and often unseen.

We need lawmakers to visit more prisons. Greenhaven has the largest group of younger men in the state.

I WAS AN AIDE IN THE INFIRMARY AT ALBION & CARED FOR ALOT OF THE WOMEN THERE & ON MY UNIT.... VERY SAD & DISHEARTENING TO KNOW SO MANY LOST THEIR LIVES INSIDE

Than you Assembly Member Anderson, for visiting Stanley Bellamy, Leroy Taylor and other incarcerated leaders at Green Haven Prison

so many laws made to lock people up, so little bills passed to bring them home. LETS GO TO WORK ON THAT!!!

Yes, Khaleel!

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The family reunion program should be given to all.

More from Dr. Fullillove on why Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole are public health initiatives: https://citylimits.org/2021/01/04/opinion-its-time-for-new-york-state-to-act-on-decarceration-in-prisons-to-curb-covid-19/

Great article L Whitehorn

Thank you for going into the prisons and educating legislators about what gulags they are

“We have to dismantle it” - 100%.

FRP is vital especially in the Women’s facilities. There is a disconnection with their children when they are kidnapped from their homes

Thank you, Assembly Member!

Thank you, AM Anderson - that’s exactly why we need your powerful voice in this fight!

Thanks Khaleel!

THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

Thank You for all the support. We need every voice

Bang our drum loudly in the capitol bldg, and thank you so much for going inside

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X_tphzi0TIWVGbq1S5gx0oHsjw3kaO6djS-jVY-Y8EE/edit?usp=sharing

These bills will provide the hope needed to people inside to seek positive change, knowing their rehabilitative path will be valued will be inspirational.

Here is the link to your teams and legislative meetings again: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X_tphzi0TIWVGbq1S5gx0oHsjw3kaO6djS-jVY-Y8EE/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you, TeAna!

Thank you AM Anderson for visiting GreenHaven and listening to the people there. There thank you to all speakers and especially to legislators who visited the prisons. Please keep visiting

find your team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X_tphzi0TIWVGbq1S5gx0oHsjw3kaO6djS-jVY-Y8EE/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you so much everyone for sharing! This was so unbelievably moving. And thank you so much TeAna for organizing all of this :)

thank you TeAna!!