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For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers. New York to Replace ‘Inmate’ With ‘Incarcerated Individual’ Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Monday that would replace the word ‘inmate’ with ‘incarcerated individual.’ The old term is considered derogatory and dehumanizing, within state law. It takes effect immediately. August 04, 2021 •  (TNS) — In New York law, incarcerated individuals will no longer be referred ...

One bill changes the timing of parole eligibility for some, the second changes parole review standards.

13 hrs ago A fatal accident on the state Thruway Thursday afternoon caused traffic to be diverted onto Route 34 in Weedsport. According to a news release from state police, a crash involving a box truck and a tractor trailer occurred at about 12:45 p.m. in the town of Tyre in Seneca County. Police said that one driver had been confirmed to have died. Police were still investigating the crash at 3:15 p.m. The Thruway Authority reported that the accident had blocked both westbound lanes between W...

AUBURN — Citing the potential for more violence in prisons, the union representing New York correctional officers is suing to stop the implementation of a solitary confinement reform law Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in April.  The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association filed the lawsuit in federal court on Monday. While the main focus is on stopping the changes to solitary confinement protocols, the union is also accusing the defendants, including Cuomo and t...

PUBLISHED 8:29 PM ET May. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:29 PM EDT May. 10, 2021 SHARE The union that represents correctional officers in New York filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state and the Department of Corrections in an effort to overturn legislation that limits the use of solitary confinement in prisons. “If it wasnt for someone hearing my screams, I dont know how this situation would have turned out,” corrections officer ...

NEW YORK NOW – A union representing correction officers in New York filed a federal lawsuit Monday to overturn the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT, a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, or NYSCOPBA, claimed in the suit that the new law violates the federal civil rights of its members. NYSCOPBA President Mike Powers speaks to reporters in Albany on...

Back ALBANY — New York’s corrections officers union filed suit Monday to overturn a new state law that will restrict the use of solitary confinement to punish incarcerated people in the state’s prison system. The state Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Albany on Monday against the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and DOCCS Acting Commissioner Anthony Annucci over the ...

Created: May 10, 2021 08:31 AM The union representing New Yorks correctional officers says its filing a civil rights lawsuit against the state and Gov. Cuomo. In this lawsuit, NYSCOPBA is really calling for one thing in particular, the repeal of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act. Gov. Cuomo signed this bill into law a little more than a month ago. It limits the amount of time an inmate can spend in solitary confinement to 15 days, and exempts certain populations like young people or ...

NYSCOPBA President Mike Powers speaks to reporters in Albany on Monday, May 10, 2021. A union representing correction officers in New York has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, or NYSCOPBA, claimed in the suit that the new law,  known as the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT,  violates the federal ci...