ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The death of Robert Brooks led to a new package of bills that tackles prison reform. The announcement came days after Marcy corrections officers, charged in the killing of ...

The Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a package of bills to the full Legislature that are aimed at providing relief from prison crowding and improve programming and reentry into communities for ...

Pastor Charlie Muller from Victory Church is joining up with Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple to give every inmate at the county jail an Easter care package. The pastor said the streets of Albany ...

SYRACUSE – Thousands of families, including some in Upstate New York, were scammed through a website that promised to send care packages to loved ones in prison across the country, according to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — With just days left in the legislative session, New York lawmakers are making a final-hour push to advance a sweeping prison reform bill aimed at improving safety, transparency ...

If there’s a message that citizens can take from the prison reform package approved by state lawmakers last week, it’s that while the reforms are a positive step forward, the entire effort is still a ...

ALBANY — State lawmakers will consider, and most likely pass, a legislative package meant to overhaul parts of the state prisons and county jails — the culmination of months of debate in the face of ...

ATLANTA — As many prepare to spend holiday time with family and friends, there are thousands of children across metro Atlanta dealing with the emotional and financial strain of having a parent behind ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - Prison reforms are coming to New York after the state Assembly approved a sweeping package of changes. But lawmakers from our region say it does not address some of their ...