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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to give his State of the State speech on Wednesday. The governor has already spent the past week rolling out a lengthy…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo will move to close more state correctional facilities. He made the announcement on Sunday while addressing a church congregation in…
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Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick was sworn into office for a seventh time on Tuesday. At the swearing-in ceremony, Fitzpatrick…
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State officials have inked a five-year deal with the New York Civil Liberties Union that will reshape the way solitary confinement works in the state's…
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A New York comedian, who is also an activist on prison rights issues, is drawing attention to the state’s practice of investing a small amount of its…
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Almost a quarter of New York children live in poverty, and in the city of Binghamton, that figure is near 50 percent. State legislators and community…
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The education programs that serve New York’s prison population are streamlining the path to a college degree. Private organizations offer college classes…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited a state prison Thursday to announce he’s hiring more guards, and to push for a change in how 16- and 17-year-olds are treated in…
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Research shows a connection between early childhood education and crime. Central New York boosters of universal pre-kindergarten say that should be an…
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West side of Syracuse residents are again fighting to keep a halfway house for felons re-entering the community out of their neighborhood, saying the…