New York state lawmakers are moving forward with a package of ten prison reforms: the Prison Reform Omnibus Bill.

The fatal beatings in recent months of inmates Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi by prison staff, as well as the March wildcat strike by thousands of corrections officers statewide, have shone a harsh ...

After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy ...

A new federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the prison guards accused of brutally beating and killing 22-year-old ...

Criminal justice advocates are chafing at the exclusion of measures they say are necessary to respond to Robert Brooks’ death ...

New York prisons are now short 4,500 correction officers, including the 2,000 fired for illegally striking. It’s a dangerous situation that requires, as state Inspector General Lucy Lang states, ...

New York lawmakers were planning to pass a package of 10 bills Thursday to reform New York's embattled state prison system, including a proposal to require jailhouses to provide all video of inmate ...

TOWN OF DICKINSON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The New York State Association of Counties recently called on the state to take immediate ...

Robert Brooks was repeatedly beat and died from his injuries at the hands of New York State Correctional Officers. March 2025 saw the death of Messiah Nantwi ...

County jails are holding larger numbers of state-ready inmates after the correction officer strike earlier this year and the ...

The Correctional Association of New York (CANY) has released a new report detailing serious concerns about healthcare access and staffing shortages at Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County ...

The family’s lawsuit also cited numerous news reports documenting inmate abuse as well as a 2023 report by the Correctional Association of New York, an independent organization authorized to ...