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After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug-Law Reforms

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

This is a radio story. To hear the story go to: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/by/maria_scarvalone Below is the text of the story. NEW YORK, NY March 23, 2010 ?Last year, New York State overhauled what many saw as the overly severe Rockefeller drug laws. The changes eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for most drug offenses, expanded drug treatment alternatives, and reduced some penalties. But what about the people still in prison under the old sentences? Reporter Maria Scarvalone met with one prisoner who has spent almost two decades behind bars. On a cold February afternoon, guards eye Amir Varick Amma as he walks into the crowded visitor room at Eastern Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Ulster County. Doors buzz and keys rattle over the din of conversation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).