WTW129: Woke In the Sheets, Criminals Out on the Streets

The woke in New York are getting ready to release allllll of the criminals! Murderers! Rapists! Sex offenders! The worst of the worst!!!!! At least according to the New York Post's latest rant. Lydia shares the details from this coverage specific to parole bills in New York State, and we break down exactly why this fear-mongering is so out of line.

• Trapped in Time: The Silent Crisis of Elderly Incarceration (9/22/2025, ACLU)

• "They Just Denied Me": Parole Stories and Case Studies (2/3/2026, Tinsae Gebriel and Marie Ndiaye; fwd.us)

• Organizations advocating for this: Release Aging People in Prison, People's Campaign for Parole Justice

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