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

Following the murders of two Black men by corrections officers, Gov. Hochul signed legislation requiring surveillance throughout all facilities and expanded death reporting requirements.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday an agreement with the Legislature on the prison reform omnibus bill that would enact a series of 10 changes within state prisons and local jails.

The state government has earmarked up to $9.3 million for the Big Law firm's review of New York's beleaguered prison system. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's review of patterns and practices of New York prisons is expected to be published soon ...

It’s intended to strengthen transparency and accountability around conditions in the state’s correctional facilities.

With the changes agreed to with the legislature, the bill codifies the requirement that cameras be installed in all facilities and also requires cameras to be installed in all vehicles used for the transport of incarcerated individuals,

The effects of illegal immigration on social programs span beyond food subsidies and healthcare to burdening America’s jails and prisons.

According to ABC News, in 2011, Aron abducted eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky as the boy walked home from a day camp in Brooklyn, He later drugged and smothered the child, dismembered his body and disposed of the remains, shocking the city’s Orthodox Jewish community and prompting a massive search.