New York’s Prisons Were in Crisis. Did Hochul Do Enough to Fix Them?

After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy prisoners’ advocates.

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N.Y. Lawmakers Target Prison Reform and A.I. in Frantic End of Session

We take a closer look at five of the more than 600 bills passed in June by the State Legislature.

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‘Fraught With Abuse’: Lawmakers Denounce Brutality in N.Y. Prisons

During a daylong hearing in Albany, state lawmakers heard from family members of men who died in New York State prisons in recent years.

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Officer Pleads Guilty to Fatal Beating of Prisoner Seen on Camera

The corrections officer, Christopher Walrath, is one of 10 charged in the brutal beating of Robert Brooks in Marcy, N.Y. He will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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2 Guards Charged With Murder in Beating Death of Prisoner in New York

Ten officers were charged in connection with the vicious beating of Messiah Nantwi, 22, at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, which left him bloodied and unrecognizable.

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15 N.Y. Prison Workers Placed on Leave as Inmate’s Death Is Investigated

Gov. Kathy Hochul said that early reports suggested “extremely disturbing conduct” leading to the death of Messiah Nantwi, 22, in an upstate prison.

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Strikes in New York’s Prisons Were Declared Over, but Disarray Remains

Seven prisoners died as thousands of corrections officers at dozens of facilities protested working conditions in wildcat strikes across the state.

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Hochul May Deploy National Guard as Wildcat Strikes Hit 25 N.Y. Prisons

Corrections officers, without their union’s approval, refused to show up for work to protest what they say are hazardous conditions and severe staff shortages.

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Prison Boss Elevated by Hochul Was Accused of Rape by 2 Former Inmates

The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards.

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Death of Robert Brooks, Inmate Beaten by N.Y. Prison Guards, Is Ruled a Homicide

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said the autopsy results in the death of Robert Brooks, who was beaten by prison guards, should prompt the swift filing of criminal charges.

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