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

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul will not sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Package, she announced on Tuesday. It's just one ...

Local criminal justice reform advocates are calling on elected officials to ensure the safety of people at the Broome County jail in the wake of recent inmate deaths in the state and strikes by state ...

10 inmates escaped Orleans Justice Center through a wall breach Lax supervision and faulty infrastructure cited as causes Jail under federal reform order since 2013 viral abuse videos Sheriff Hutson ...

A prison reform advocate says she warned staff at a Tucson prison that a prisoner told her he needed to be isolated so that he wouldn't kill anyone. She says her warnings went unheard because he is ...

New York officials have reached an agreement to end a two-week unsanctioned strike by correctional officers over Democrat-backed prison reforms that they say have made conditions "unsafe," but a GOP ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday afternoon to reform California's inmate firefighter program. "Inmates who have stood on the frontlines battling historic fires should ...

Prison reform advocates are saying 'enough is enough', and they are calling for a 'shutdown' of the Alabama Department of ...