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City Limits contacted the medical examiners or coroners in all 26 New York counties were DOCCS has facilities. Most who responded said they were not investigating any prison deaths.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Aug 2019

Government In Depth Justice

Advocates for Aging Prisoners Look to Force a Debate on Parole

Opposition from police unions and lukewarm support from Democrats doomed efforts to ease the path to parole for aging prisoners this year. But supporters say they intend to keep pushing…

ByRoshan Abraham 6Comments

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May 2018

Justice

Call for State to Address Crisis of Aging in Prisons

New York state’s prison population is getting smaller. It is also getting older.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2017

Government Justice

How Trump’s Crime Crackdown Could Affect Defendants in NYC

Some defendants as recently as three weeks ago accepted plea offers that may not exist under the new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

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Sep 2016

In Depth

UrbaNerd: NY’s Prison Population has Also Taken on a (Slightly) More Rural Look

But suburban counties are still the only ones underrepresented in the state prison inmate mix.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Investigations Justice

For Some Prisoners, Finishing a Sentence Doesn’t Mean Getting Out

After serving a year and two months for a probation violation, Landreaux Yantz should have been able to walk out of a New York state prison last June. But officials…

ByChristie Thompson 3Comments

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

Suit on Sex Abuse in NYS Prisons Echoes ’11 Investigation

A group of women inmates is suing New York State alleging persistent sexual abuse in prisons and weak efforts by administrators to prevent or punish such behavior.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Investigations Justice

Behind the Growing Calls to Close Rikers Island

The key question might not be whether the city should live without Rikers, or how it would do so, but whether it has the political will to finish the transformation…

ByEd Morales 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Justice

NYS Prison Budget Climbs, Despite Fewer Inmates

New York State’s prisons have shed a quarter of their inmates in the past 15 years, but the ranks of correction officers have thinned by a substantially smaller amount. Does…

ByKen Stier 4Comments

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Apr 2015

Opinion

NY’s Prisoners Need Tuition Assistance. So Do You.

Continuing a Pataki-era ban on prison inmates receiving TAP funding doesn’t just hurt the prisoners, a state senator argues. It also harms the communities they return to when their sentence…

ByGustavo Rivera 1Comment

Unclear How Many NYS Prison Deaths Are Being Investigated

Advocates for Aging Prisoners Look to Force a Debate on Parole

Call for State to Address Crisis of Aging in Prisons

How Trump’s Crime Crackdown Could Affect Defendants in NYC

UrbaNerd: NY’s Prison Population has Also Taken on a (Slightly) More Rural Look

For Some Prisoners, Finishing a Sentence Doesn’t Mean Getting Out

Suit on Sex Abuse in NYS Prisons Echoes ’11 Investigation

Behind the Growing Calls to Close Rikers Island

NYS Prison Budget Climbs, Despite Fewer Inmates

NY’s Prisoners Need Tuition Assistance. So Do You.

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