Senate corrections leader talks prison reform
Senator Julia Salazar discusses a recent hearing she led on the prison system and highlights her legislative agenda for 2025.
Senate corrections leader weighs in on prison system
Senator Julia Salazar discusses the prison guard strike, including its impact on facilities and how the state is responding.
Senate crime and corrections leader discusses 2023 session
State Sen. Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, talks about parole reform, the governor's budget and overseeing prisons.
Apr 2, 2020: Senate Corrections Chair on budget and COVID-19 in prisons
Sen. Luis Sepulveda (D-Bronx), chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction, discussed what the state can do to protect incarcerated New Yorkers and prison employees from contracting COVID-19.
Staff and program shortages persist in NY prisons
New York's prisons may have rescinded from the headlines, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to discuss about the system.
Assemblyman Billy Jones discusses prison landscape
Assemblyman D. Billy Jones. a former corrections officer, discusses the prison landscape following the firing of guards.
Fallout from prison strikes continues to cost state
The state is continuing to spend more than $100 million a month to operate its prisons after an illegal strike by corrections officers.
Assemblymember Woerner targets prison working conditions
Assemblymember Carrie Woerner wants to empower a labor board to create safer working conditions for prison guards.
The politics behind the prison strike
New York Focus reporter Chris Gelardi helps us unpack the underlying challenges to resolving the wildcat strike by prison guards.
New York’s top judge backs second chance legislation
New York’s top judge is throwing his support behind legislation intended to give incarcerated New Yorkers a pathway to a sentence reduction.
