Eli Northrup(@EliNorthrup):Welcome news. NY’s prison system is in real crisis, but building a new facility is not the answer. The way to improve conditions is to keep safely shrinking the system—reducing the population by releasing aging people and those who have demonstrated meaningful rehabilitation.

Eli Northrup

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Public defender, UWSider & Democratic Nominee for New York State Assembly District 69

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Eli Northrup@EliNorthrup

2026.09.15 12:01

Welcome news. NY’s prison system is in real crisis, but building a new facility is not the answer. The way to improve conditions is to keep safely shrinking the system—reducing the population by releasing aging people and those who have demonstrated meaningful rehabilitation.