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Lend your voice to the cause.
- Send a letter to the president, your governor, local prosecutors, sheriffs and other local elected officials to release incarcerated individuals who are elderly, medically vulnerable, or who have a year of their sentence, or less, left. Read more about what legal and policy experts at The Justice Collaborative are calling for and find out how you can send these letters here.
- Demand humane treatment and action from Gov. Cuomo for people in New York State prisons by signing Color of Change’s petition.
- Sign this petition demanding free phone calls for people in prisons during this crisis.
- Send a letter to your local jail asking them to make video and phone calls free for people in custody.
Donate.
- Many people in jail have not yet been convicted of a crime, yet they are there simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. Community bail funds help to pay their bail on their behalf so they can be released and await trial at home. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing jail populations is one way to help fight the spread of the virus. Donate to your local community bail fund to help bail people out — check out the National Bail Fund Network’s comprehensive directory of bail funds by state to find a fund near you.
- Donate to the New York Parole Preparation Project. The organization is sending money directly to people in prison so they can purchase necessities from their local commissaries, including canned goods and soap, which can help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The New York Parole Preparation Project is also sending care packages with necessary items and raising money to cover the costs of phone calls and electronic messaging to enable those who are incarcerated to more easily communicate with people on the outside during this time.
Read more and spread awareness.
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