The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...

The Legislature has responded to the recent killings of two inmates by New York State corrections officers inside prisons ...

Advocates held a vigil outside Green Bay Correctional Institution. Gov. Tony Evers has proposed shutting down the prison.

By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The close of New York State’s legislative session in ...

After losing his son in a private prison, Tim Leeper fought for reform, and Tennessee lawmakers listened. Now, private prisons with high death rates will face consequences.

Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In. California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – The penal system in Barbados is undergoing a wave of reforms and developments to make the prison service more sustainable, rehabilitative, and responsive to the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York State lawmakers have passed prison reform bills aimed at overhauling the state’s watchdog agency, the State Commission of Correction. (SCOC) The bills grant ...

New York lawmakers were planning to pass a package of 10 bills Thursday to reform New York's embattled state prison system, including a proposal to require jailhouses to provide all ...

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 ...

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 ...

Criminal justice reform advocates who have prioritized parole and sentencing reform expressed disappointment about their exclusion from the omnibus bill. Jose Saldana, executive director of the ...