Statement on Prison Reform Package That Fails to Include Decarceration Measures. (ALBANY, NY) – The Legal Aid Society issued the following statement on a prison reform legislative package that fails to include bills to decarcerate NewYorkStateprisons
NewYork courts.7 Section VI concludes with a discussion of current ef-forts to uncover more information on the current state of NewYorkprison water systems compliance and monitoring.8. Prisons are inherently violent9 and toxic10 places by design.
The stateprisonsystem has 39,815 inmates, 9.4 percent above its capacity. With the addition of the new beds, Mr. Flateau said, the population will rise for the first time to more than 40,000, or roughly 11 percent more than the prisons were designed to house.
Thousands of striking correction officers in NewYorkState have lost their health insurance , and others have been fired, prompting a rally at the state capitol today. Rally goers wanted to bring attention to unsafe working conditions.
Many of SRLP’s members have been forced to survive the known torturous conditions of isolated confinement in the NewYorkStateprisonsystem. This tends to happen for two very disparate reasons.
NysPrison Closures 20252025 Zita Angelle, Albany — newyork may close up to five stateprisons this year in a bid to increase the correctional system’s efficiency and save money, state officials said this.
NewYork has a unique and rich landscape of college-in-prison programs; we also have some gaps and vulnerabil-ities. To create a more comprehensive, integrated and sustainable system will require leadership and investment from the state. Planning should start now.
NewYork City jails and NewYorkStateprisons.NewYork, NY 10035. Fax: (212) 348-3684. Greenhope is acomprehensive residential, day treatment and outpatient program that works.
Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) being released from NewYorkStateprisons to local communities statewide. 2,900 inmate-patients with mental illness released to the community from Central NewYork Psychiatric Center (CNYPC) in 20091,000 with Serious Mental Illness.
The goal of the NewYorkStatePrisoner Justice Network is to build our individual and collective strength and to challenge and change NewYork’s criminal injustice system. Learn More.
