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06 Nov NYC Mayor Takes Steps to Make New York City Jail Conditions Worse
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio committed to improve conditions in the City's jails several years ago. If anything, they've gotten worse.
31 Mar New York City Ends Qualified Immunity For The NYPD
The New York City Council voted on three resolutions and five bills related to public safety and police accountability. Among that package of legislation was a resolution that ends qualified immunity.
17 Feb NYC Council Candidate Tiffany Cabán Releases Comprehensive Plan to Defund the Police in New York City
The New York City plan to defund the police could come to fruition, if a new plan goes through.
21 Oct New York’s Bail Reform Law: Truth, Lies on Videotape
New York's bail reform law is at the center of the state's gubernatorial race. But bail reform isn't nearly as controversial as it seems.
04 Apr New York’s Budget, Your Rights & An Inexplicable Bond Between Them
Negotiations have stalled over New York's budget, which inexplicably puts your rights and criminal justice reform at stake.
25 Aug Cuomo Grants Clemency To New York Prisoners Prior To Resigning
In his final day in office, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to six people, one-tenth of one percent of those in the state's prisons.
12 Aug New Studies Suggest Reducing Incarceration Might Make Us Safer
a pair of new studies from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation suggests that the reduction in jail and prison populations not made communities more dangerous. In fact, the studies suggest, reducing incarceration have actually made them safer.
28 Jun Phone Calls From Prison Will Be Free in Connecticut Under New Law
For the friends and families of millions of incarcerated people across the country, staying in touch can be expensive—often prohibitively so. But that's about to change in Connecticut, where Gov. Ned Lamont just signed a new law that makes all phone calls from prison free.