The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has announced they'll discharge eight thousand people on parole from supervision by March 31st. This comes after Governor Kathy Hochul signed the "Less is More Act" back in September of 2021.
Its CEO, Cindi McEachon, explains why the discharge of parolees is an important step for the justice system.
"This ties to parole violations and specifically to the technical violations. When you prior to the Less is More Act, if you violated it your parole it was automatic incarceration in the local jail while you waited," McEachon says.
A Less is More Executive Team member says before this act, people of color would be incarcerated five times more than White people for technical violations of parole.
The number of individuals getting out of parole may be a challenge.
"Eight thousand people are coming out, and despite the coordinated efforts in Erie County between Peaceprints and the Department of Corrections to mitigate any laps, folks are going to come out with issues, and we don't have the capacity," the CEO of PeacePrints says.
Others say they hope the community in Buffalo understands the release of parolees is the next step in transforming the parole system.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to release 8,000 parolees from supervision by the end of March
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