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Roni Minter, Times Union — "Like many New Yorkers, I believed that if you organized, educated, testified, built support and convinced enough lawmakers, your bill would rise or fall through a transparent public process. Then I learned about the Senate's internal 'working group.'" ...
Nora Mishanec, Times Union, Yahoo News — (EDFORD) A coalition of nonprofits this week joined a growing chorus of concern over what advocates consider "dangerous and deteriorating" conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the state's only maximum-security prison for women...
David Muhammad / Times Union — In the criminal justice system, accountability means more than just punishment. It means answering for your crimes, changing your behavior and working to heal what has been broken...
Austin C. Jefferson / City & State New York — New York finally has a budget, but there is still over a month left to go in the legislative session. State lawmakers covered a lot in the $254 billion spending plan, from public safety to education and housing. But other policy issues still remain on the docket...
Brendan J. Lyons / Times Union — Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration and union representing more than 13,000 correction officers reach a tentative agreement ...
Patrick Tine / Times Union — FORT ANN — Nearly a thousand correction officers, their families and supporters crowded a truck stop in this Washington County community Sunday to protest the planned closure of Great Meadow Correctional Facility...
By: Raga Justin, Times Union: ALBANY — Survivors of violent crimes stood side-by-side with former inmates at the Capitol on Tuesday to push again for an overhaul of the state’s parole system, which advocates said has unfairly pitted victims against people who commit crimes — especially in a time of renewed political agitation about public safety.
By: Raga Justin, Times Union Legislators heard testimony Wednesday on a pair of bills that advocates say would help elderly inmates withdecades-long sentences avoid dying in prison ALBANY — Robert …
March 25, 2021: Times Union Editorial Board, Times Union
