Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Community members, advocates, policy experts, and formerly incarcerated individuals and their families gathered to advocate for ...

Albany, NY (News10) — Today marks one year since Robert Brooks was fatally beaten by prison officers at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. A ceremony in Albany commemorated Brooks, where his ...

In Youngstown, the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center has logged more than 15 inmate stabbings — including at least one such fatal attack — since the start of last year as well as multiple attacks on ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul in December signed into law new prison reform measures aimed at improving safety and accountability inside New York’s 44 correctional facilities. The laws come at a time when ...

MARCY, N.Y. — The community of Marcy has seen two different prison deaths in the past year that have gained national attention. The deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi has sparked many ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A local grassroots organization, Center for Community Alternatives, is advocating for the passage of three prison reform bills aimed at protecting inmates. “The first bill is the ...

In meetings over the past year, criminal justice reform advocates have leaned on conservative Texas leaders to show the tough-on-crime president how much money they saved on prison reforms. Now House ...

A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.

The Mississippi House passed several bills this week aimed at improving the quality of medical care in Mississippi prisons and developing stronger oversight of health care delivery.