.@FWDus New York State Director of Criminal Justice Reform @rodnationn issued the following statement today after Governor Cuomo delivered his 2021 State of the State address: fwd.us/news/fwd-us-ur… 
"Since December 1, more #COVID19 cases have swept through New York prisons than in the whole first nine months of the pandemic combined – and tragically, 10 more incarcerated people have died." — @rodnationn
"Public health experts and advocates have long predicted that the state’s failure to reduce our incarcerated population would cost lives and hurt families. Nearly ten months into the #COVID19 crisis, far too little has been done to keep incarcerated people safe." — @rodnationn
"Without urgent action from the Governor, more lives will be lost. We call on the Governor to exercise his clemency power immediately and release elderly, medically-vulnerable, and soon-to-be released people from prison." — @rodnationn
"We also call on him to offer priority access to the #COVID19 vaccine for incarcerated people, to work to undo the bail reform rollbacks that are driving up the state’s jail population, and to advance parole justice legislation." — @rodnationn
"New Yorkers are looking to their elected leaders to deliver freedom and justice in their state, and our elected leaders must do better." — @rodnationn fwd.us/?post_type=new…
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