The Legal Aid Society urged Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to enact the “Less is More Act,” legislation that would overhaul New York’s parole system.

The call comes in response to data that shows the number of New Yorkers incarcerated in City jails on technical parole violations – 244 people as of February 9, 2021 – has reached a nine-month high, as reported by The Appeal.

“What the state is doing is routinely destabilizing people’s lives unnecessarily,” said Philip Desgranges, Supervising Attorney of the Special Litigation Unit with the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.