Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state.
Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a ...
Following the murders of two Black men by corrections officers, Gov. Hochul signed legislation requiring surveillance ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a long-sought package of prison reform bills into law Friday, calling it “landmark” legislation that ...
After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an omnibus ...
With the changes agreed to with the legislature, the bill codifies the requirement that cameras be installed in all ...
Gov. Hochul has reached an agreement with the NYS Legislature on a prison reform bill that would improve safety, security and accountability.
The timing of Governor Hochul's announcement comes on the same day that ex-Mary Corrections Officer David Kingsley was ...
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a prison overhaul bill Friday, significantly increasing the use of cameras in correctional ...
One year ago tonight, Robert Brooks of Greece was killed inside a state prison in central New York. Six former guards are now in prison. Today, a bill full of prison reforms sits on the desk of Gov.
The BOP has never seen changes like this in such a short period of time. 2025 was a year that sets the agency up for ...
A Sun-Times investigation found the state’s new prison health care provider comes with a disturbing track record.