law enforcement

In Brutal Summer Heat, Prisoners Say Their Cells Are Like “Stifling Hot Coffins”

July 3, 2023 by susie day

By: Victoria Law, Truthout - Shortly after midnight this past Friday, guards found 37-year-old Elizabeth Hagerty dead in her un-air-conditioned Texas prison cell. The day before, temperatures had reached nearly 100 degrees...

Personnel changes on New York’s Parole Board

July 3, 2023 by susie day

By: David Lombardo, The Capitol Pressroom - Two incarceration-focused bills have advanced to the New York State Assembly Correction Committee. The elder parole legislation has been co-sponsored by 31 people, including state Sens. Gustavo Rivera and Robert Jackson....