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        <h1 id="reader-title">Governor Cuomo: Don't Restrict Visits in
          NYS Prisons!</h1>
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              <p><strong>Governor Cuomo has just proposed to limit
                  visiting at New York State </strong><strong>maximum
                  security prisons to 3 days a week instead of the
                  current 7.</strong></p>
              <p><strong>If passed, this measure will cause suffering
                  and separation for thousands of imprisoned people and
                  their loved ones.</strong></p>
              <p><strong>PLEASE sign this petition and call Governor
                  Cuomo TODAY at (518) 474-8390 to insist that the
                  Governor retract this proposal.</strong></p>
              <p><strong>Restricting visits is regressive,
                  counterproductive, and cruel.</strong> Family visits
                are often the only ways people in prison can maintain
                connections with children, spouses, elderly parents or
                grandparents, and other family and friends. These ties
                are crucial for loved ones on the outside, as well as
                for people to survive their incarceration with their
                health and well-being intact and to successfully
                navigate their eventual return home after prison.
                Evidence has long shown that enhancing family and
                community connections is not only extremely valuable for
                people incarcerated and their loved ones, but also
                increases safety in prisons and improves people’s
                success after their release.</p>
              <p><strong>It is already incredibly difficult for family
                  and friends to visit their loved ones in prison in New
                  York.</strong> Governor Cuomo’s proposal to limit
                visiting at maximum security prisons to just the
                weekends instead of the current policy of visits on any
                day of the week will both restrict the ability for
                people to visit and impose unnecessary burdens on
                weekend visit days. Under the current seven day system,
                already visitors often wait two to three hours to see
                their loved ones - typically after traveling for hours.
                With reduced days, the wait will be longer, the visitor
                rooms more crowded, and the visiting days and hours even
                more limited. This will be terrible for everyone and
                impossible for many visitors.</p>
              <p>While in other contexts the Governor claims to want to
                support compassionate policies and reduce mass
                incarceration, his visit reduction proposal will
                seriously escalate suffering and family disruption, as
                well as have a negative impact on prison safety and
                people’s success upon release. <strong>Governor
                  Cuomo must withdraw this proposal, and instead take
                  steps to further expand access for people to visit
                  their loved ones in prison.</strong></p>
              <p>You can also write to Governor Cuomo opposing the
                cutback in visiting hours at NYS max prisons.</p>
              <p><a
                  href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form"
                  rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form</a></p>
              <p>Governor Andrew M. Cuomo<br>
                New York State Capitol<br>
                Albany, NY 12224</p>
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