Re-opening the Brooklyn House of Detention has become the flashpoint of a multifaceted debate about corrections.
Responding to anger over proposed changes to city jail standards, the Board of Correction postpones its vote.
Three decades after the standards for NYC jails were last written, proposed revisions have the corrections community buzzing.
City’s plans for a new jail could get a boost; residents hope not.
Two city agencies team up to launch an innovative new program for those who cycle between jail and homelessness.
Juvenile delinquents get sent upstate because it’s supposed to be a better environment than their homes. The Department of Probation has a new idea: Fix the family instead.
How to stop HIV from leaving prison.
Automation meets medicine at select local clinics.
Landmark legislation could help stop the spread of AIDS in state prisons.
Troublemakers, do-gooders, gadflies: Call them what you will–these 10 New Yorkers have been around the block, and they’re fighting to better yours.
