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Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY. Photo: Emily Russell. Dec 22, 2020 — A person incarcerated at the state prison in Dannemora has died due to COVID-19. According to the NYS Dept. of Corrections, the inmate who was symptomatic with COVID-19 was sent to the hospital on Dec. 8 and died on Dec. 20. According to a prison advocacy group, Release Aging People in Prison, this was the second inmate death statewide this week linked to the pandemic. A coalition of advocates released a statement Tuesday calling on Governor Cuomo to pass COVID-related prison reforms, including the Elder Pa...

Downstate progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly will fight for decarceration of New York prisons and immigration reform next year, they said Tuesday, citing the party’s new Senate supermajority as the momentum lawmakers need to move their agenda forward. Nearly 20 progressive legislators threw support Tuesday behind a proposed legislation package they dubbed the Justice Roadmap 2021 agenda to protect communities of color and immigrants from unjust imprisonment and deportation, calling for less violence in community policing. The proposed state reforms include passing leg...

Downstate progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly will fight for decarceration of New York prisons and immigration reform next year, they said Tuesday, citing the party’s new Senate supermajority as the momentum lawmakers need to move their agenda forward. Nearly 20 progressive legislators threw support Tuesday behind a proposed legislation package they dubbed the Justice Roadmap 2021 agenda to protect communities of color and immigrants from unjust imprisonment and deportation, calling for less violence in community policing. The proposed state reforms include passing leg...