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The departure of a controversial Republican sheriff gave hope to reformers in Western New York. But very little has changed.

Buffalo, New York Since July 6, 2021, Eric Lynch has been held in the Erie County Holding Center (where 32 prisoners have died since 2005) with no charges against him, spending around half that time on suicide watch. His mother, Monica Lynch, has agitated tirelessly for his release. Lynch, a…

Demonstration protests death at Erie County Holding Center Credit: Tom Answeeney By Juniper Carpenter Workers World Party members and people from the community gathered outside the Erie County Holding Center, N.Y., on March 31 in response to the March 13 death of Mikey Frears. Frears was the 36th person to die in the Holding Center since Sheriff Tim Howard took office in 2005.  Demonstrators demanded that Sheriff Tim Howard resign, that addiction be treated through treatment and not through i...