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  • Five Sleepy Minutes With New York’s Jail Watchdog

    September 25, 2025

    Written by Chris Gelardi for New York Focus9/25/2025 Leaders of New York’s corrections oversight agency held their monthly public meetingWednesday. There was much they could have discussed: The stat…

  • Advocates await Hochul’s signature on prison oversight reform bill package

    September 18, 2025

    Written by Tandy Lau for New York Amsterdam News on 9/18/25 A bill package strengthening prison oversight remains unsigned by Gov. Kathy Hochulafter passing the state legislature right before the [&he…

  • ICE office on Rikers Island remains closed, for now, after state court strikes downMayor Adams’ executive order

    September 9, 2025

    Written by Shane O’Brien for AMNY on 9/9/25 Elected officials and criminal justice advocates have welcomed a New York StateSupreme Court ruling on Monday that struck down an executive order [&hellip…

  • Another Rikers Island death: Man succumbs after reported seizure; third in-custody death at facility in two weeks

    AMNY

    September 4, 2025

    Written by Adam Daly for AMNY A man died in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday night after suffering whatappeared to be a seizure, the city’s Department of Correction said. […]

  • City & State NY: Parole and sentencing reform left out of omnibus prison reform bill

    City & State New York

    June 11, 2025

    Written by Rebecca C. Lewis at City & State New York 6/11/2025 In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at MarcyCorrectional Facility late last […]

  • With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package

    CBS 6 Albany

    June 10, 2025

    With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package Written by Briana Supardi at CBS 6 Albany 6/10/2025 With just days left in the legislative session, New […]

  • State Democrats get behind NY prison reforms in legislative session’s final day

    WXXI News PR

    June 10, 2025

    By Jeongyoon Han at WXXI News PR June 10, 2025 Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly agreed late Monday on a set of prisonreforms that would increase oversight in […]

  • State’s prison oversight panel faces criticism, calls for reform

    Buffalo News

    June 1, 2025

    By Robert Gavin at Buffalo News Jun 1, 2025 ALBANY – In the five months after prison officers beat 43-year-old Robert Brooks to death inMarcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, […]

  • Eric Adams Loses Control of Rikers Island to Federal Receivership

    Black Agenda Report

    May 30, 2025

    By Margaret Kimberley at Black Agenda Report May 30, 2025 Our guest is Melanie Dominguez, Organizing Director, New York with the Katal Center forEquity, Health, and Justice . She joins […]

  • OP-ED: With Rikers Island, Eric Adams has made a bad situation worse

    Amsterdam News

    May 29, 2025

    By gabriel sayegh in Amsterdam News May 29, 2025 The New York Daily News recently ran an exclusive story with the headline “NYC Mayor Adamsexploring abandoning current plan to shut […]

  • Advocates call for expanded State Commission of Correction

    Albany News10

    May 28, 2025

    By Jamie DeLine at News 10 May 28, 2025 ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—Prison reform advocates gathered in Albany on Wednesdayfollowing a monthly meeting of the State Commission of Correction. They say [&hel…

  • New York’s Prisons and Jails are Deadly. Expanding Oversight Will Save Lives

    Empire Report

    May 28, 2025

    By Assembly Member Emily Gallagher and Ziyadah Amatul-Matin in the Empire Report May 28, 2025 New York’s prisons and jails are dangerous and deadly for incarcerated people. For decades,New York [&he…

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