The Bureau of Prisons has failed to properly administer the First Step Act, resulting in tens of thousands of inmates being ...

After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an omnibus bill to enact transformational changes within state prisons and local jails.

In late July 2025, I received a new memo on my electronic tablet from Daniel F. Martuscello III, the commissioner of New York’s corrections department. Since he’d started the job two years prior, he’d ...

The House passed several bills last week aimed at improving the quality of medical care in prisons and developing stronger ...

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The Prison Policy Initiative has released a report showing that the US mass incarceration system costs $445 billion annually, ...

Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — The family of Robert Brooks, an inmate from Rochester who died after being beaten by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to ...

Ashley Elgin's husband was murdered at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex last year, just days from release. Now she's pushing for reform.

The beating deaths of two incarcerated men at Oneida County prisons has spurred a package of oversight reforms passed by the NY Senate and Assembly.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul in December signed into law new prison reform measures aimed at improving safety and accountability inside New York’s 44 correctional facilities. The laws come at a ...