Each year, thousands of New Yorkers re-enter their communities on parole after prison. These are our neighbors who have served their time, paid their debt, and are working to succeed. But whether they make it on parole too often depends on their skin color. According to a new report by the Columbia Justice Lab, African Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely than their white peers to return to prison for non-criminal, technical parole violations. This extreme racial disparity is intolerable and demands immediate legislative action.