Enhancing shackle restrictions on incarcerated pregnant women
Democrats are looking to strengthen restrictions on the use of shackles on pregnant women in police custody or a carceral setting.
Promoting employment of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers
Pending legislation would make formerly incarcerated New Yorkers eligible for preferred source employment opportunities.
Incarcerated New Yorkers getting free outgoing calls
Starting in August, in a state policy shift, people incarcerated in New York don't have to pay to make outgoing phone calls.
Prison officials rethink publishing rights of incarcerated New Yorkers
The Hochul administration is backtracking on a revamped prison policy after reporting by New York Focus.
Labor shortage is no guarantee of work for formerly incarcerated
University at Albany professor Shawn Bushway discusses the job prospects of New Yorkers with a criminal record.
The rights of incarcerated transgender New Yorkers
A lawsuit against an upstate jail underscores the need for a laws dealing with the rights of incarcerated transgender New Yorkers.
A second chance for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers
'Clean Slate' legislation would help more than 2 million New Yorkers move on with their lives
A path to justice for wrongfully incarcerated New Yorkers
For wrongfully incarcerated New Yorkers, the current pathways to securing their release can be impractical.
Democratic lawmakers eye ‘clean slate’ for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers
Mar. 8, 2021 - Could 2021 be the year that New York passes its Clean Slate bill? Emma Goodman, Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society, and Zaki Smith, Next100 member, explained how the bill works and the
Is the oversight of HALT implementation working?
We explore the state oversight of the HALT Act and consider whether new mechanisms are needed to enforce state prison laws.
