For excellent sources of current material on parole and the need for parole reform please see:
* Building Bridges, the monthly newsletter of the Prison Action Network. Contains up to date news, campaigns, reports and statistics on parole, as well as regular updates on the progress of the Safe and Fair Evaluations (SAFE) Parole Act from the NYS Parole Reform Campaign.
* Petition for change, by The Riverside Church Prison Ministry:
Governor Andrew Cuomo: ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON PAROLE TO END PAROLE ABUSES AND REUNITE FAMILIES
* New York's Broken Parole System (New York Times, February 16 2014)
* Public Comments in Support of Parole Reform (Correctional Association of New York, January 2014)
Testimonies from the New York State Assembly Committee on Correction's Public Hearing on Parole Reform, December 4 2013:
* Professor Philip Genty Testifies on Parole Procedures Before State Assembly's Correction Committee (Columbia Law School, December 6 2013) Includes full text of Professor Genty's testimony before the New York State Assembly Committee on Correction on December 4 2013
* Parole Review Process Has Serious Shortcomings, by Scott Paltrowitz (Correctional Association of New York, December 6 2013) Includes full text of the Correctional Association's testimony before the New York State Assembly Committee on Correction on December 4 2013
* Advocates Recite Shortcomings of N.Y. Parole Review Process, by John Caher (New York Law Journal, December 5 2013)
* Testimony of Mujahid Farid, head of the Release of Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Campaign, before the New York State Assembly Committee on Correction on December 4 2013
* Testimony of Tina M. Stanford, Chairwoman NYS Board of Parole, before the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Correction, Wednesday December 4 2013
* Testimony of Anthony J. Annucci, Acting Commissioner NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, before the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Correction, Wednesday December 4 2013
