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

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 ...

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 ...

A year ago, Robert Brooks was beaten at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Utica, and multiple guards have been charged in his death. On the anniversary, advocates in Albany called on New York Gov.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. President Donald Trump is in the process of making significant ...

REFORM UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, won just five of the 650 seats in Britain’s parliament in last year’s elections. Yet it has since become the country’s best-polling party, ...

Delaware prison and education officials have agreed to reform the delivery of special education to young people in prison. The agreement also commits to independent review of those reforms for up to ...

PHOENIX — A House panel took the first step Wednesday to what would be a major reform of the state’s sentencing policies. HB 2808 would allow inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes to be let out of ...