Senator Salazar on 2025 criminal justice agenda
Senator Julia Salazar is hoping to address parole for older New Yorkers and a host of criminal justice policies in 2025.
Senator Salazar discusses planned prison closings
Senator Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, explains why she supports the governor's closure of two upstate prisons.
Disrupting the prison manufacturing status quo
Senate Investigations & Government Operations Committee Chair James Skoufis is looking to shake up the controversial manufacturing business run by the state prison system, including limiting the artificial edge they enjoy when selling office products. The Orange County Democrat
Mandatory court fees eyed for extinction
Sen. Julia Salazar hopes to end mandatory surcharges imposed on certain criminal matters and traffic infractions.
Mitigating summer heat in New York’s prisons
New legislation would require state prison officials to take steps to mitigate the health risks posed by hot summer days.
Ombudsman proposed to oversee New York’s prisons
State Sen. Julia Salazar makes the case for creating a new layer of government bureaucracy to oversee prisons and jails.
Report finds racial disparities in prison discipline practices
The Inspector general's office documented years of disparities in how discipline has been doled out in the corrections system.
Panel reviewing education in prison poised to blow deadline
A commission studying education in prison is scheduled to release a report in September.
Prisons could be next frontier for body camera debate
The Fortune Society's Rob DeLeon makes the case for requiring corrections officers to wear body cameras in prisons.
Democrats’ criminal justice agenda ‘up in the air’
May 26, 2021 - Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee Chair Julia Salazar provides a status update on pending bills that would overhaul the parole system in New York and also advocates for legislation requiring prison guards
