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A leading statewide advocate is calling for reform after a recent New York State Inspector General report found Black and Hispanic individuals are more likely to face disciplinary action than others incarcerated in New York state.

A leading statewide advocate is calling for reform after a recent NYS Inspector General report found Black and Hispanic individuals are more likely to face disciplinary action than others incarcerated in New York State. And he says inmate frustration at Attica Correctional Facility is at an all time high.

A judge has dismissed the New York Correctional Officers and Police Benevolence Associations lawsuit aiming to repeal the Humane Alternatives to Longer-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act.

About 50 cars moved through the neighborhood around Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road, decrying ‘unconstitutional conditions.’

Why I am a Progressive legislator On Earth Day, some legislative colleagues and I joined about 40 young environmental activists at Hartford’s Riverfront Plaza for a “Meet Your Legislator” event hosted by the youth-led Sunrise Movement. I got there a bit early, and, standing on the stage beneath the awning, watched the young activists walk up the wooded path along the Connecticut River with garbage bags slung over their shoulders. After a morning spent picking up all manner of human detrit...

On Wednesday, the US state of New York enacted two groundbreaking pieces of legislation. One law will limit the cruel practice of solitary confinement, the other legalizes marijuana, and both laws will advance justice and protect rights.

Melissa Moore of Drug Policy Alliance (M) speaks at a rally in support of the Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) alongside supporters of the bill on the steps on New York City Hall on November 21, 2019. © 2019 Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa via AP Images On Wednesday, the US state of New York enacted two groundbreaking pieces of legislation. One law will limit the cruel practice of solitary confinement, the other legalizes marijuana, and both laws will advanc...

Keeping inmates in solitary confinement for longer than 15 consecutive days will no longer be allowed in state prisons and jails staring next March. This screenshot shows a March 8 address at the New York Javits Center by Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Image by Courthouse News) ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) — Long-term solitary confinement in New York prisons and jails is on its way out the door after a yearslong push, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. “Generations of incarcerated men and women have b...

In 2018, there were 40,000 solitary confinement sanctions in New York state, including about 30,000 in special housing units (SHU) and another 10,000 keep-lock sanctions where people are confined to their cells for up to 23 hours per day, according to a report by the New York Civil Liberties Union. (Unsplash/Marco Chilese) He used to imagine he was in a park, sitting by the water, basking in the sunlight. In reality, Victor Pate was in solitary confinement — alone in a 6-by-...

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