Description
Founded in 1844, the Correctional Association of New York (the CA) is an independent non-profit organization that advocates for a more humane and effective criminal justice system and a more just and equitable society.
Program areas at CA
The Correctional Association of New York cany provides strategic oversight of prisons in New York state in order to promote transparency and accountability safeguard The human and civil rights of incarcerated people eliminate harmful practices and policies and decrease The use of incarceration in New York. Cany accomplishes its mission through onsite prison monitoring, data gathering and analysis, information sharing and education, and advocacy. Please see schedule o for program service accomplishments.
Release aging people in prison rapp - a sponsored project of The Correctional Association of New York - rapp works to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice by getting elderly and infirm people out of prison. The rapp campaign mobilizes currently and formerly incarcerated people, their families, and other concerned community members. From this united base and through The rapp coalition, rapp works alongside other prison justice advocates to 1 raise public awareness about The destructiveness of mass incarceration and The benefits to society in releasing aging people, including those convicted of violent crimes who do not threaten public safety and 2 promote The use of key mechanisms for releasing elderly people, such as parole, compassionate release, and policy changes.