Hundreds of formerly incarcerated women are planning to sue New York State for sexual abuse by prison guards under the recently passed Adults Survivors Act.
Families from across New York held concurrent rallies this week calling for an end to the prison package ban put in place by the Department of Corrections.
A new bill proposed in New York City would ban solitary confinement of incarcerated individuals in city prisons. Could New York implement that state-wide?
Broome County Sheriff’s investigators have arrested three suspects, including a county Corrections Officer, in connection with smuggling contraband into jail.
A Broome County man, arrested in connection with several thefts of copper from vacant homes, will serve 10 years in New York State prison for burglary.