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

Criminal justice reforms have helped reduce incarceration rates while not increasing crime, yet Mississippi keeps on ...

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 ...

Targeted state strategies: The 2026 guide compiles reforms that have passed in multiple states and could be replicated to curb incarceration. Broad reform categories: Eight focus areas include ...

WAUPUN (WLUK) - Residents in Waupun call the governor's prison reform proposal "a win" for their community. The roughly $500 million dollar proposal will be included in the Governor's executive budget ...

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 ...

New York officials have reached an agreement to end a two-week unsanctioned strike by correctional officers over Democrat-backed prison reforms that they say have made conditions "unsafe," but a GOP ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — The son of the man who was beaten to death in Marcy Correctional Facility called on the governor to sign a package of prison reform bills – one day after one officer was found ...

The omnibus bill adopts a measure to expand the state's prison oversight body that state Sen. Julia Salazar (podium) co-sponsored with Assemblymember Emily Gallagher (right holding poster), both ...