Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development United Nations, 2015: This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom, We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/21252030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20web.pdf
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http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/C.3/70/L.3 
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From The Inside Out: New Jersey Prison Watch-https://www.afsc.org/sites/default/files/documents/Inside%20Out%20Issue%205%20January%202018.pdf. January 2018.
The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting: A Case Study in Safely Reducing Long Prison Terms and Saving Taxpayer Dollars. http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/The_Ungers_5_Years_and_Counting.pdf. November 2018.
A Way Out:Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania-http://abolitionistlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ALC_AWayOut_27August_Full1.pdf. September 2018.
Ending Perpetual Punishment: The case for commutations for people in Michigan prisons-https://www.afsc.org/sites/default/files/documents/AFSCReport_EndingPerpetualPunishment.pdf. American Friends Service Committee, Michigan Criminal Justice Program. August 2018.
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http://blogcritics.org/heath-care-falls-short-for-aging-inmates-bop-seeks-better-data/
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL US DEPT OF JUSTICE-https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/e1602.pdf
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH --https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/10/12/every-25-seconds/human-toll-criminalizing-drug-use-united-states
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT--http://www.ushrnetwork.org/resources-media/unwgepad-final-report-sep-15-2016 
APP-HRC Submitted written testimony to STATE DEPARTMENT/CIVIL CONSULTATION CERD (COMMITTEE ELIMINATION RACISM DISCRIMINATION)- July 27, 2017, Washington DC
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OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION-“A Matter of Time: The Causes and Consequences of Rising Time Served in America’s Prisons” July, 2017
SENTENCING PROJECT-“Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences” May, 2017
SENTENCING PROJECT- "Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Prospects for Parole on Life Sentences” January 31, 2017
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, PRISON WATCH PROJECT- “Aging in Prison: A human rights problem we must fix” January, 2017
ACLU- “False Hope: How Parole Systems Fail Youth Serving Extreme Sentences” November 2016
RAPP Submission to the UN Committee on Torture June 27, 2016: Tomiko Shine, DC RAPP
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES-Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System April 2016
U.S. Sentencing Commission Public Hearing on Compassionate Release and Conditions of Supervision - Federal Bureau of Prisons 48-minute video, February 17, 2016
Proposed amendments to Sentencing Guidelines -sections on compassionate release/conditions of supervision2016
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING-“Supporting America’s Aging Prisoner Population: Opportunities and Challenges for Area Agencies on Aging” 2016
RAPP AND CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-“Aging in Prison: Reducing Elder Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety” November 2015
BE THE EVIDENCE AND CURE INTERNATIONAL-“Analysis of United States Compassionate and Geriatric Release Laws: Towards a Rights-Based Response for Diverse Elders and Their Families and Communities” May 9, 2015
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ACLU MD AND MARYLAND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE -Still Blocking the Exit: A report on parole-eligible lifers in the Maryland prison system who are denied release. January 20, 2015 
URBAN INSTITUTE-“Aging Behind Bars: Trends and Implications of Graying Prisoners in the Federal Prison System” September 5, 2014
OSBORNE ASSOCIATION-“The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population” July 2014
ACLU- “At America’s Expense: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly” June 13, 2012
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH-“Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States” January 27, 2012 
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH-“The Answer is No: Too Little Compassionate Release in US Federal Prisons” 2012
THE VERA INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE-“It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release” April, 2010
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