Release Aging People in Prison
Non-Rescue Example Campaign
The Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Campaign is an advocacy group focused on addressing the issues faced by aging incarcerated individuals within the U.S. Prison Industrial Complex. Founded in 2013, RAPP promotes the release of elderly prisoners who have often served long sentences and pose little to no threat to public safety. The campaign highlights the excessive costs and moral implications of keeping aging people imprisoned, emphasizing the importance of compassionate release, parole reform, and improved policies for elderly and infirm inmates.
We can learn from RAPP's efforts, organizing public awareness campaigns, lobbying for legislative changes, and supporting individual cases of elderly prisoners seeking release. By advocating for the humane treatment and release of aging prisoners, RAPP seeks to transform the criminal justice system. We can defend our aging Rescue who are most vulnerable to many of the challenges of incarceration.