1. CPR wants to be able to provide a 10 week internship to any CPR member coming home.
2. We need office space that has provisions for a suite of offices.
3. Funding to employ 10 salaried people.
4. To be able to provide intervention services for children of incarcerated parents.
5. Need 3 computers (desktops),
   3 monitors, 3 hard drives, 3 keyboards, peripherals, etc.
6. Need videos, DVDs or cassettes on Re-entry, Parole Release, Prisons, Criminal Justice System, Prison Industrial Complex.
7. Library of Information and Resources.

After an individual has served the minimum amount of their original sentence and met the criteria for eligibility for parole, according to Executive Law, they should be considered for parole release. These individuals have served their time accordingly and deserve an opportunity to become a productive member of society. Most have families, friends and loved ones who need them at home. This will give them an opportunity to show how serious they are about re-entering the community.



Since Governor Pataki’s reign, there has been an increase in unjust parole release decisions rendered by the New York State Division of Parole commissioners, particularly aimed at violent felons. The individuals who have been denied parole are actually qualified by the minimum time served on their sentences. As of 2005 there is a statistic of parole releases for A-1 felons. The rate is lower for people who took plea bargains – actually 2%. The parole board has been ignoring executive law 259I and using a boiler-plate model (serious nature of the crime) to deny parole release to those who are eligible. This fact will never change and many times has occurred years before the person was rehabilitated. The sentencing judge handed down the minimum sentence to be served, but the parole board has been unjustly re-sentencing individuals to more years in prison. Executive law 259I does not determine how a person should be judged on their eligibility for release based on the type of crime they committed. The standard is the same for making these decisions all across the board. It doesn’t matter what type of crime a person has committed. There is no distinction in the legislature between those that have been convicted by plea bargaining or if they went to trial. Currently, there is a class action lawsuit, Graziano v Pataki in district court that alleges constitutional violations regarding the New York State division of parole and their practices.