A proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a functioning federal prison is being criticized by criminal justice ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY — There’s one thing that the state’s Republican legislators and prison reform advocates can agree on: Something needs to ...

Albany, NY (News10) — Today marks one year since Robert Brooks was fatally beaten by prison officers at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. A ceremony in Albany commemorated Brooks, where his ...

Members of a Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force plan to talk through South Dakota’s options for a prison seminary program ...

The First Step Act represented one of the most significant federal prison reform efforts in decades. Passed with bipartisan support in 2018, the law was intended to reduce recidivism, expand ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Prison reform advocates in Rochester boarded a bus to Albany on Tuesday morning, aiming to push Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill one year after the beating death of Robert Brooks.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — 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 ...

In September, Brenda Kay Spitzbarth traveled more than two hours from her home in Maryville to Lebanon to attend a town hall event focused on prison reform in Tennessee. During the Q&A portion of the ...

Union says inmate who attacked guards at Attica onTuesday was the same man who injured a civilian counselor and corrections ...