Reformists have spent the past week arguing that Louisiana’s largest prison violates prisoners’ Eighth Amendment constitutional rights by assigning them to the Angola Farm Line.

Federal correctional officers’ pay will increase by 35%, under a bipartisan bill introduced this month.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul will not sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Package, she announced on Tuesday. It's just one of several important bills that remain on the governor's desk as the year ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

NEW YORK (WKBW) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced she reached an agreement with the NYS Legislature on a prison reform bill that would improve safety, security and accountability. The ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a prison reform bill into law, protecting inmates at correctional facilities after two deaths occurred at the hands of staff this year. Three Americans killed — Trump vows ...

Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found. By Benjamin Oreskes and Jan Ransom A year after ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the prison reform omnibus bill on Friday. The law seeks to reform prisons across New York State. Along with the safety and security of inmates and prison employees, a big ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul will not sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Package, she announced on Tuesday. It's just one of several important bills that remain on the governor's desk as the year ...