Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state.

After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an omnibus ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A new prison reform bill brings changes for New York's correctional facilities. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a prison overhaul bill Friday, significantly increasing the use of cameras in correctional ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a long-sought package of prison reform bills into law Friday, calling it “landmark” legislation that ...

With the changes agreed to with the legislature, the bill codifies the requirement that cameras be installed in all ...

By all accounts, bloody violence inside many of Ohio’s public and private prison walls has intensified out of control in recent ...

New York will soon see sweeping changes inside its prisons and local jails after the state approved a major reform package. Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation Dec. 19 that expands camera use, ...

Labour’s sentencing reforms have cleared the Commons, despite concerns from opposition parties over its plans to release criminals from prison early. The Sentencing Bill aims to ease the crisis in ...

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 the desk of Gov.

New York’s top judge said that now is the time for comprehensive sentencing reform and that he is making it his goal to push ...