Liberals have often cited the need for criminal justice reform. However, it is conservatives that appear to making more headway.

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

Activists gathering on March 21, 2022, outside of the New York City office of Gov. Kathy Hochul to bring attention to the conditions at Rikers Island following the death of a detainee a few days ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — The son of the man who was beaten to death in Marcy Correctional Facility called on the governor to sign a package of prison reform bills – one day after one officer was found ...

An 83-page federal order strips the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry of its medical control ...

Albany, NY (News10) — Today marks one year since Robert Brooks was fatally beaten by prison officers at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. A ceremony in Albany commemorated Brooks, where his ...

ALBANY - For Robert Brooks Jr., the murder of his father last year at the hands of multiple correction officers at Marcy Correctional Facility has transformed his life and put him on a path to be a ...

The omnibus bill adopts a measure to expand the state's prison oversight body that state Sen. Julia Salazar (podium) co-sponsored with Assemblymember Emily Gallagher (right holding poster), both ...

One of Mohr’s reform proposals would create an adult-prisons version of RECLAIM Ohio, a program that slashed admissions to juvenile prisons by offering state “incentive funding” to communities for ...

Michigan lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at increasing transparency and accountability within the state’s prison system and expanding oversight authority for the Legislative Corrections ...