Robert Brooks was beaten to death by correctional officers in a New York prison, highlighting the need for structural change ...

The Adult Survivors Act is meant to give victims their day in court. But when seeking redress from the state, accusers must ...

Following the murders of two Black men by corrections officers, Gov. Hochul signed legislation requiring surveillance ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A new prison reform bill brings changes for New York's correctional facilities. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced ...

Prison reform advocates blasted last-minute changes made by the governor to a prison reform bill she signed into law last ...

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A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on ...

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A former New York prison guard was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks.

Kyron Randall, 33, accused of beating his roommate to death in a Bronx drug treatment center, died after being taken to ...

ALBANY — When Amy Chin began digging for traces of her family history, the only clue she had was an old ship manifest showing her grandfather’s arrival to the U.S. in 1911 — well into the era of the ...