A new report from the New York State inspector general found that the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s “antiquated paper-based record keeping” practices make it difficult to track the prison system’s compliance with the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, a law advocates have accused DOCCS of violating.
Read More“The men and women who are incarcerated, they need their packages back, they need to feel connected to the family members – it's as simple as that.”
Read MoreOn Christmas Eve of last year, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she planned to reform the state’s clemency process, one which advocates have long said is antiquated and opaque. While a number of those reforms have begun to take shape in recent months, others, including the one advocates say is the most important, have yet to see the light of day.
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