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

Lawmakers intend to pursue new legislation next year targeted at New York’s prisons and the people who live and work within ...

Two inmate deaths and a rogue correction officers’ strike have shaken up New York’s prison system — and lawmakers say they’re not done fixing it, according to the Times Union. State leaders passed a ...

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

Reform UK pledges mandatory ‘whole life’ sentences for child rapists - Offenders convicted of the crime would never become ...

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

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, releasing video ...

Convicted Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein said a prison reform law signed by President Donald Trump led to his early ...

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice ...

What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state ...

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, ...