Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Zachary Katznelson
Special to the USA TODAY Network
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No New Yorker wants to hear that our state is the worst in the country on any issue. Yet for six years running, no other state has locked up as many people for “technical” parole rules violations, like missing appointments with parole officers or being late for curfew.
There is no excuse for New York to be mired in last place with a unified legislature, a governor who prides himself on getting things done and a pathway for reform that has been tried and tested in other states.