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The percentage of incarcerated people those with mental health needs is growing, according to new data.

A Board of Correction review into the death of 29-year-old Ardit Billa reveals lapses by correction officers, falsified log entries and missed safety checks — failures that advocates say are routine a...

The lawyer representing the City Council, which sued to block Mayor Adams from allowing ICE an office on Rikers, blasted the arrangement as a “corrupt deal.”

Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that have been plagued by violence and deaths in custody.

They want to beef up the powerful but little-known State Commission of Correction.

The goals of the monthly NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call are: - Share and highlight issues, campaigns, and projects that groups are working on to advance statewide reform; - Identify ways ...