NY lawmakers question corrections commissioner on staffing levels in prisons
"The staffing issue in the Department of Corrections is the number one issue in the state of New York of any agency we have," said NYS Sen. Robert Rolison (R-39th District), while questioning NYDOCCS ...
Dad of Robert Brooks, inmate beaten to death, goes to Albany to call for NY prison reforms
Brooks wasn’t able to join the “second-chance club,” as his father called it, after corrections officers violently beat him ...
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Man gets prison for drug charge from Auburn traffic stop
AUBURN — A Syracuse man has received prison time after being found with cocaine during a traffic stop in Auburn.
A 19th-century legal case and why it matters today
In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...
NY prison still on lockdown as guards retake control of dorms from inmates, search cell blocks
Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.
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NY comptroller IDs 70 ways Auburn can improve physical access to city buildings
Using Americans with Disabilities Act standards, the state comptroller's office identified 70 actions the city of Auburn could take to improve physical access to buildings.
Push for NYS prison reform from father of Marcy inmate who died after beating
The father of Robert Brooks, the man who died after being beaten by Marcy Corrections officers, was at the New York State Capitol. He met with New York lawmakers advocating for change within the New ...