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

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

Following the murders of two Black men by corrections officers, Gov. Hochul signed legislation requiring surveillance ...

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 ...

The timing of Governor Hochul's announcement comes on the same day that ex-Mary Corrections Officer David Kingsley was ...

The BOP has never seen changes like this in such a short period of time. 2025 was a year that sets the agency up for ...

MARCY, N.Y. — The community of Marcy has seen two different prison deaths in the past year that have gained national attention. The deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi has sparked many ...

Gov. Hochul has reached an agreement with the NYS Legislature on a prison reform bill that would improve safety, security and accountability.

A Sun-Times investigation found the state’s new prison health care provider comes with a disturbing track record.

"Accomplices to the Crime" is penologist Thomas O. Murton's 1969 nonfiction account of his efforts to reform the Arkansas ...

The reality television star made her second visit to the West Wing on Wednesday. Kim Kardashian West is keeping up with the White House. The reality television star came to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on ...