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NEW YORK, May 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 10:00 am at http://bit.ly/BFPLessIsMore, Black activists and organizers who are members of Black Freedom Project (BFP), alongside allied state legislators, will sound the alarm on the urgent need to pass the Less Is More Act (S.1144 (Benjamin) / A.5576 (Forrest)) this legislative session. It is no secret that the state of parole in New York is in disarray. "Technical" violations of parole such as missing curfew or an appointment or testing positive for drugs are a leading cause of mass incarceration in this state. To make matters worse, these nonsensical rules are administered unequally as Black and Latinx people are 12x and 4x more likely to be incarcerated for a technical parole violation. This re-incarceration serves no legitimate purpose except to disrupt lives and to undo any gains that people who have been previously incarcerated have made. It is also a monumental waste of resources – to the tune of $680 million dollars – that could instead be invested into communities, providing housing, healthcare, and employment to people returning to their communities after incarceration.