Public Policy Project / Drop the Rock
The Correctional Association's Public Policy Project's current principal goal is to reduce overincarceration in New York State. To acheive this objective, the Project coordinates the Drop the Rock Coalition, which advocates for policies that reduce incarceration rates, including repealing the vestiges of the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Through education, organizing and advocacy, Drop the Rock aims to decrease the number of people who are incarcerated in New York and reduce the bed capacity of the state prison system.
Our grassroots campaign promotes full repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and constructive reforms to parole and work release policies, which cause the unnecessary imprisonment of thousands of people each year. In addition we strongly advocate for reinvestment in alternative, prevention, and in-prison rehabilitation programs to prepare people for successful reentry.
Visit the Drop the Rock website
Download campaign brochure and petition
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PROJECT NEWS
District Day 2010: Get Involved!
On September 24th, Drop the Rock coalition members will break into teams across the city and meet legislative officials in their home district offices.
- Read more about District Day on the DTR website
- Download a flyer and post copies around your neighborhood
- Contact Denise Thomas, Drop the Rock Coordinator, at 212-254-5700 x.339 or dthomas@correctionalassociation.org for more information or to sign up for a lobbying appointment
Empowerment Day 2010 a success
Teams of Drop the Rock volunteers canvassed 13 neighborhoods across the city and state on May 15, 2010 to collect over 1,500 petition signatures calling for prison closures and reinvestment in communities.
Related press:
Drop the Lock Up?, Gotham Gazette (5/14/2010)
Rallies stepped up for prison closures, Capitol Confidential (5/14/2010)
Educate, Don't Incarcerate: Drop the Rock Advocacy Day
Over 400 members of Drop the Rock gathered in Albany on March 1, 2010 to advocate for policies aimed at reducing overincarceration in New York. [View photos from the day]
Related press:
Drop the Rock group also wants to drop some prisons, Legislative Gazette (March 22, 2010)
After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms, WNYC (March 23, 2010)
2010 POLICY AGENDA
Reducing overincarceration
PAST SUCCESSES
Beginning of the End of the Rockefeller Drug Laws
On April 24, 2009, Governor David Paterson signed into law significant reforms marking the beginning of the end of New York’s notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws. [Read More]