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A new report from a Queens state senator’s office contends that violence and racism are endemic throughout New York State prison’s system, and calls on the legislature to pass reforms to prevent a repeat of the crises that engulfed the prisons last year.
News10NBC / Berkeley Brean — GREECE, N.Y. — The final trial related to the death of Robert Brooks began Monday, with opening statements set to begin Tuesday...
Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State NY — Criminal justice advocates are chafing at the exclusion of measures they say are necessary to respond to Robert Brooks’ death in a truly meaningful way...
Jeongyoon Han / WXXI News — Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly agreed late Monday on a set of prison reforms that would increase oversight in New York correctional facilities, months after the beating deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi at the hands of corrections officers while incarcerated...
Kate Lisa / Spectrum News 1 — State lawmakers said sentencing reform will be a top priority in the final weeks of session as a deal to expand earned time credits for incarcerated New Yorkers fell out of the final budget...
May 12, 2021: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, The Sentencing Project
