Parole

Blacks and Hispanics Seeking Parole Face Widening Racial Disparity, Report Finds

Nov. 11, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 11, 2024, 10:44 a.m.

After a damning revelation eight years ago, state leaders changed the make-up of the Parole Board to combat inequality. It didn’t help.

Criminal Justice

Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks

March 31, 2023, 7:12 p.m.April 1, 2023, 1:34 p.m.

A raft of proposals that progressive and anti-incarceration activists have been pushing for will likely have to wait until next year.

Incarceration

Heart Failure: Medical Runaround Keeps Man Locked in State Prison Two Years After Being Paroled

Aug. 8, 2022, 12:27 p.m.Aug. 8, 2022, 12:27 p.m.

Not only was John Teixeria granted a rare “medical parole” in January 2020 but he’s also received standard parole every six months since then. But state prison officials say they have no place to send him in his condition.

Parole

Brooklyn DA Asked Cuomo to Commute Sentence for Notorious Child Molester

May 9, 2022, 6:52 p.m.May 9, 2022, 7:26 p.m.

The plea on behalf of Nachemya Weberman, who has only served nine years of a 50-year sentence, appears to be the only time District Attorney Eric Gonzalez intervened for someone convicted of a sex crime.

Jails

Big Changes to Parole Are Here. How Will ‘Less is More’ Hold Up?

March 6, 2022, 8:03 p.m.March 7, 2022, 9:23 a.m.

New York’s major parole policy reform went into effect March 1. It aims to transform how formerly incarcerated people are treated. Here’s how it works.

Parole

Another Man Died at Rikers as Lawmakers Voted on Parole Bill that Might Have Saved Him

June 14, 2021, 7:51 p.m.June 14, 2021, 9:46 p.m.

Jose Mejia Martinez succumbed after an arrest for stealing beer triggered a parole violation. It marked the third such death at Rikers Island since April. The bill ed Thursday would help parolees avoid returning to jail.

Jails

Parole Reform Bill Set to in Albany After Rikers Deaths

June 8, 2021, 10:06 p.m.June 8, 2021, 10:12 p.m.

State lawmakers have announced a deal to overhaul New York’s parole system to limit when parolees could be re-jailed. The move comes days after THE CITY revealed the April deaths of two men sent back to jail for low-level arrests.

Jails

Death of Two Men at Rikers — One Held on Shoplifting Rap — Amplifies Push to Overhaul Parole Rules

June 3, 2021, 10:07 p.m.June 3, 2021, 10:09 p.m.

The deaths of Thomas Braunson and Richard Blake come as lawmakers rush to the “Less is More” reform package that would restrict re-jailings on minor charges. But the clock is ticking with the Legislature set to break for summer next week.

Jails

Too Many Parolees Being Sent Back to Rikers Unnecessarily, Advocates Say

Aug. 31, 2020, 8:32 p.m.Sept. 1, 2020, 9:43 a.m.

Criminal justice reform advocates contend that authorities should stop putting people who have not committed any new crimes in jail for technical parole violations — especially during a pandemic.

Parole

First Rikers Virus-Positive Fatality Was Jailed on Technicality

April 6, 2020, 2:01 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:54 p.m.

Michael Tyson, who died Sunday, was awaiting a hearing on parole violation. Inmate advocates said he shouldn’t have been behind bars.

Parole

Blacks and Hispanics Seeking Parole Face Widening Racial Disparity, Report Finds

Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks

Heart Failure: Medical Runaround Keeps Man Locked in State Prison Two Years After Being Paroled

Brooklyn DA Asked Cuomo to Commute Sentence for Notorious Child Molester

Big Changes to Parole Are Here. How Will ‘Less is More’ Hold Up?

Another Man Died at Rikers as Lawmakers Voted on Parole Bill that Might Have Saved Him

Parole Reform Bill Set to in Albany After Rikers Deaths

Death of Two Men at Rikers — One Held on Shoplifting Rap — Amplifies Push to Overhaul Parole Rules

Too Many Parolees Being Sent Back to Rikers Unnecessarily, Advocates Say

First Rikers Virus-Positive Fatality Was Jailed on Technicality

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