The sad reality, as this report shows, is that New York's Parole Board is going backwards. With disparities in release rates increasing substantially despite heightened public attention to racial bias in our criminal legal system and beyond, it's clear that the law must change for us to curb the Parole Board's discriminatory actions and achieve real equity around parole.
Between 2016 to 2021, 33.45% of people of color appearing before the Parole Board were approved for release, compared to 40.39% of white people. The report further reveals that there would have been 3,656 additional grants of release for people of color appearing before the Parole Board if their release rates matched those of white people, including 1,338 just since Hochul took office.
#parole-disparities #racial-inequality #new-york-state #criminal-justice-reform #governor-kathy-hochul
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