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Five Sleepy Minutes With New York’s Jail Watchdog
New York Focus
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…
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Advocates await Hochul’s signature on prison oversight reform bill package
New York Amsterdam News
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…
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ICE office on Rikers Island remains closed, for now, after state court strikes downMayor Adams’ executive order
AMNY
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…
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Another Rikers Island death: Man succumbs after reported seizure; third in-custody death at facility in two weeks
AMNY
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. […]
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City & State NY: Parole and sentencing reform left out of omnibus prison reform bill
City & State New York
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 […]
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With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package
CBS 6 Albany
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 […]
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State Democrats get behind NY prison reforms in legislative session’s final day
WXXI News PR
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 […]
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State’s prison oversight panel faces criticism, calls for reform
Buffalo News
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, […]
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Eric Adams Loses Control of Rikers Island to Federal Receivership
Black Agenda Report
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 […]
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OP-ED: With Rikers Island, Eric Adams has made a bad situation worse
Amsterdam News
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 […]
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Advocates call for expanded State Commission of Correction
Albany News10
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…
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New York’s Prisons and Jails are Deadly. Expanding Oversight Will Save Lives
Empire Report
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…
