Shantelle Scruggs

• Loving mother of 3

• Won’t be eligible for parole for 11 more years

• Has not received a single disciplinary infraction, lives in the honors housing wing

• Should be home

Lance Sessoms

• Serving 75 years to life sentence

• Has already served 35 years

• Earned a degree in psychology while in prison

• Should be home

Willie Smith

• Went to prison at 20 years old

• Been incarcerated over 35 years

• Works with at-risk youth, is a peer educator

• Should be home

Emmanuel Pierre

• 43-year-old husband and father

• Sentenced to 25 years to life, already served 17 years

• Attending Bard College

• Should be home

Frank Pruitt

• Incarcerated 31 years

• Will not be eligible for parole until 2038

• Leads weekly Bible study

• Should be home

Kim Brown

• 54 years old

• Sentenced to 40 years to life

• HIV/AIDS counselor, AVP facilitator

• Should be home

Rodney Chandler

• Was sent to prison at 17 years old

• Works in the prison hospice

• Learned sign language while in prison

• Should be home

Beatrice Camper

• Serving 15 years to life

• A domestic abuse survivor, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother

• Has many health issues + complications due to Covid

• Should be home

Matthew Lemon

• 62 years old and has been incarcerated 40 years

• Sentenced to 70 years. Will be 93 before he sees parole board

• Mentors at-risk youth

• Should be home

Julian Castillo

• Incarcerated when only 16-years-old

• Earned his GED, Bachelors, and Masters

• Mentors young people through the Youth Assistance Program

• Should be home

Paul Cortez

• Graduate of Exodus Transitional Services

• Alternatives to Violence Project facilitator

• A singer, musician, and published author

• Should be home

Kristian Hansen

• Sentenced to LWOP in 1996

• Has been denied clemency four times

• Works with the Youth Assistance Program mentoring youth

• Should be home

Robert Green

• Sadly, Robert passed away in Coxsackie RMU on September 17, 2022. He should have been home with his family.

• Sentenced to 51 years to life for a crime he didn’t commit

• Submitted clemency request in 2012

Samuel Sabatino

• Went to prison at 82 years old

• Was in the ICU in prison for months with Covid and is now disabled because of it

• A father and grandfather

• Should be home

Robert Ehrenberg

• *Robert was granted clemency in August 2021

Arnold Raimondo

• *Arnie was granted clemency in December 2020

Patrick Stephens

• *Patrick came home on parole in May 2022

Morris Grady

• 67 years old

• Already served 17 years

• Has completed all required programs and has a supportive wife and family

• Should be home

Tyrone James

• Has been incarcerated for over 27 years

• First submitted a clemency application in 2016

• Incarcerated at 16

• Should be home

John Moore

• Sentenced to life without parole at 19 and has served almost 30 years

• Pursuing an Associate’s Degree in the Cornell Prison Education Program

• Has not received disciplinary infraction in almost 13 years

• Should be home

Nashawn Pettway

• Sentenced to 25 years to life for a crime he didn’t commit

• Already served 20 years and won’t be parole eligible until September 2028

• Completed numerous programs and received no disciplinary infractions

• Should be home

Walter Tyrone Smith

• Living with COVID 19 and medical complications

• 73 years old, and has been in prison for 40 years

• Mentor, educator,counselor

• Should be home

“Knowledge” Johnson

• Incarcerated 40 years

• Was sentenced to 75 to life

• Devout and committed Quaker

• Should be home

Jose Colon

• Was sent to prison at 17 years old

• Has served 23 years of a 30-year-to-life sentence

• Won’t be parole-eligible until 2029

• Should be home

David Bronson

• 51 years old

• Sentenced to 35 years to life

• Is in the puppies behind bars program

• Should be home

Anthony Ruffin

• Went to prison at 16 years old

• Sentenced to 18 years to life

• Participates in Cornell’s Prison Education Program

• Should be home

Taliyah Taylor

• Sentenced to 22 years to life

• Will not be parole-eligible for 7 more years

• Has multiple letters of support from reentry organizations

• Should be home

David Sell

• 45-year-old husband, father, and grandfather

• Won’t be parole-eligible until 2036

• Cares for aging & terminally ill in hospice

• Should be home

Craig Jackson

• Arrested at only 16 years old

• Facilitator for Alternatives to Violence Project

• Vice-President and Facilitator for Prisoners for AIDS Counseling and Education

• Should be home

Antwon Dennis

• Serving 25 years to life

• Has already been in prison for 33 years

• Wrongfully Convicted

• Should be home

Tracy White

• Went to prison in his early 20s

• Has completed numerous programs while incarcerated

• A father and husband

• Should be home

Stanley Bellamy

• Granted Clemency in April 2023

• Now works as the NYC Organizer for the RAPP Campaign

Bryon Russ

• Granted clemency in April 2023

Richard “Lee” Chalk

• *Lee was granted clemency in August 2021

Paul León

• *Paul came home on parole in August 2022

Ulysses Boyd

• *Ulysses was granted clemency in August 2021

Curtis Tucker

• *Curtis was granted parole in 2022

Robert Webster

• *Robert was granted clemency in September 2022

Tallulah Gillespie

• Tallulah came home in September 2022

Jacob Rouse

• 33-year-old husband and father

• Went to prison at 19 years old, serving 22 years to life

• Never received disciplinary infraction

• Should be home

Angela Dozier

• 48 years old

• Sentenced to 25 years to life, already served 17+ 1/2 years

• Obtained Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in prison

• Should be home

Barbara James

• Sentenced to 40 years to life, already served 32 years

• 60 years old and contracted Covid in 2020

• Lives in an honor dorm

• Should be home

Juan Rivas

• Was sentenced to 16 years maximum at 19 years old

• Has already served more than half of his sentence

• Has supportive wife & family to help him transition home

• Should be home

Jose “Tony” Medina

• 66 years old, has served 40 years of his sentence

• Taught himself how to read and write Spanish & English.

• A lung cancer survivor, and high risk for Covid

• Should be home

Christopher Simmons

• Has served 70% of sentence

• Facilitator for Alternatives to Violence Project

• Learned ASL + worked with visually impaired people

• Should be home

David Moore

• In 15th year of 25 to life sentence

• Alternatives to Violence Project facilitator

• Has obtained multiple trade skills and training certificates

• Should be home

Joy Powell

• Pastor who organized against police brutality before prison

• A survivor and activist for women incarcerated with her

• Serving 16 years on a wrongful conviction

• Should be home

Diane Odell

• Went to prison at age 50 as mother of 8, now grandmom

• Has served 16 of her 25 years to life sentence

• Won’t be parole-eligible until 2028

• Should be home

Allan Lansbury

• Went to prison at 15, has been incarcerated for 24 years

• Has completed numerous programs & mentors youth

• Applied for clemency this year

• Should be home

Robert A. Jones

• 58 years old, has been in prison 28 years

• Has been denied parole for 10 years past his minimum sentence

• A skilled carpenter

• Should be home

Brian Hunt

• 49 years old, went to prison at the age of 16

• Hasn’t had a disciplinary infraction in 22 years.

• Not parole-eligible until 2029

• Should be home

Glen Smith

• Sentenced to 25 years with no chance for parole

• Has already served 16 years

• Lost his only child at the beginning of this year and has a grandson

• Should be home

Dontie Mitchell

• *Dontie was granted clemency in August 2021

Paul Clark

• *Paul was granted clemency in August 2021

Freddy Medina

• *Freddy came home on parole in September 2022

Greg Mingo

*Greg was granted clemency in August 2021