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Amid concerns over mental health, violence and learning loss, administrators and experts from across the state, in Albany for a school safety summit.

Advocates and lawmakers are calling for a more holistic approach to Criminal Justice initiatives in 2024.

The legislative session begins Jan. 3.

TROY, N.Y. — Community advocates and others gathered Tuesday to call for the passage of two parole reform bills and celebrate those in the Capital Region who received awards from state legislators for their crime reduction work. “The work that we do in our community,” said La-Meik Taylor, a formerly incarcerated individual and one of […]

TROY, N.Y. — Community advocates and others gathered Tuesday to call for the passage of two parole reform bills and celebrate those in the Capital Region who received awards from state legislators for their crime reduction work. “The work that we do in our community,” said La-Meik Taylor, a formerly incarcerated individual and one of […]

Jon Romano’s platform raises thorny questions about online life after prison.

Jon Romano was 16 years old in 2004 when he opened fire at Columbia High School in New York. This shooting was quickly stopped, and only one teacher was injured. Now, Romano is a 35-year-old who was released from prison in 2020 after serving 17 years for the school shooting. He took to TikTok in...

In the life of a school shooter, what happens almost 20 years after the crime?

A school shooter who served 20 years in prison has complained that hes being harassed online after he shared a TikTok of the aftermath of the shooting.

Trauma experts say Jon Romano, who was released from prison in 2020 after serving time for a 2004 shooting, is doing even more harm