Katal in the News

New York’s most powerful prison and jail oversight agency has hit a roadblock as it waits for Governor Kathy Hochul to comply with a new law. As part of a popular push for […]

NEW YORK — New York’s prison system continues to face unrest and uncertainty as prison death rates reach their highest levels in six years, prompting renewed calls for Gov. Kathy […]

While an expansion of the state’s prison oversight agency went into effect over the weekend, the agency cannot function until the governor and legislature appoint new board members, advocates warned…

ALBANY, N.Y. — A new reform measure expanding the New York State Commission of Correction from three to five commissioners has been implemented, as advocates and lawmakers continue pushing for [&hel…

Rikers Island is a horrible place to die, and this year, two New Yorkers have already lost their lives there. Barry Cozart, 39, died on March 25, followed shortly by […]

A 49-year-old man from Queens awaiting trial on Rikers Island died on Sunday, becoming the second detainee in the troubled jail complex to die in the last week. John Price, […]

A 39-year-old man died while in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the first reported death at the troubled jail since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office. Barry Cozart […]

A federal judge has appointed a former CIA officer to take the mayor’s place managingoperations at the jail complex on Rikers Island, part of a decade-and-a-half-longprisoner civil rights case that…

Late last month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislators struck a final deal oncorrectional reforms after a tumultuous year in state prisons, marked by officers beatingprisoners to death and [&hell…

Prison reform advocates blasted last-minute changes made by the governor to a prisonreform bill she signed into law last week. In Albany on Tuesday, prison reform advocates, community leaders and [&he…

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a long-sought package of prison reform bills into law Friday,calling it “landmark” legislation that would improve safety for staff and incarceratedpeople alike. But days l…