Almost 270,000 applications were rubber-stamped in 2024 - enough to fill cities the size of Newcastle, Brightonor Plymouth, ...

Recently, there has been more drama in the Kennedy Center’s offices than in its performance spaces. That was certainly the case yesterday, as the hallowed landmark was — whatever the legality — ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a prison reform bill into law, protecting inmates at correctional facilities after two deaths occurred at the hands of staff this year. Three Americans killed — Trump vows ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a prison reform bill into law, protecting inmates at correctional facilities after two deaths occurred at the hands of staff this year. GOP members face backlash after defying ...

Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found. By Benjamin Oreskes and Jan Ransom A year after ...

The new legislation codifies the requirement that cameras be installed in all facilities and also requires cameras to be installed in all vehicles used for the ...

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.

Del. Patrick Hope (D-47) spearheaded legislation this session that creates a state ombudsman over the Department of Corrections. “I hope this will allow us to go in and inform us of what is going on ...

NEW YORK (WKBW) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced she reached an agreement with the NYS Legislature on a prison reform bill that would improve safety, security and accountability. The ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday an agreement with the Legislature on the prison reform omnibus bill that would enact a series of 10 changes within state prisons and local jails. The bill, ...