Lawmakers and correctional leaders across the US are advancing reforms to reduce recidivism and improve prison conditions, with efforts including improving health and staff resources, increasing ...

There’s one thing that the state’s Republican legislators and prison reform advocates can agree on: Something needs to change ...

Most Americans don’t know what it’s like inside the United States’ 1,664 state and federal prisons. 1 Yet even those who believe the primary purpose of incarceration is to deter crime or to inflict ...

Albany, NY (News10) — Today marks one year since Robert Brooks was fatally beaten by prison officers at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. A ceremony in Albany commemorated Brooks, where his ...

MARCY, N.Y. — The community of Marcy has seen two different prison deaths in the past year that have gained national attention. The deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi has sparked many ...

At the center of the film are Bridgeport natives Roland Whitley, Louis L. Reed and Tiheba Bain.

After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an omnibus bill to enact transformational changes within state prisons and local jails.

In a brief but emotional hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday, advocates for prison reform in Alabama applauded a legislative ...

A new prison oversight pilot program is launching at possibly four state prisons replacing legislation that sparked emotional ...

An Alabama pastor is working to extend the Oscar buzz and attention from a documentary into meaningful reform behind prison walls across the state. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, an activist based in ...