1. IN ON PAROLE.
- Author
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GELARDI, CHRIS
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PAROLE , *SEX offender registration , *LEGAL judgments , *HOUSING , *HOMELESSNESS , *CRIMINAL law , *RECIDIVISM - Abstract
The court is considering an appeal of a class-action suit accusing DOCCS of violating state law by making life in RTFs virtually indistinguishable from normal prison life. FEATURES Jory smith was supposed to be free. his sentence had been up for five days on August 28, 2020, when officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in upstate New York where Smith had spent almost five years, summoned him to a conference room. Among other jobs, Smith has worked as a prison janitor and a clerk in the law library. State law requires DOCCS to offer "employment, education and training opportunities" for RTF residents, but the department assigns them to normal prison work. [Extracted from the article]
- Published
- 2023