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New York To Curtail Use Of Solitary Confinement In Prisons

June 22, 2019 By The Associated Press 0

ALBANY – New York is going to restrict the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, despite failing to pass legislation that would have prohibited putting a prisoner in isolation for more than 15 consecutive …

Cuomo Calls For Closing Three State Prisons In Face Of Declining Inmate Population

February 17, 2019 Rory Pollaro 0

ALBANY – In the past eight years the prison population of New York State has declined by 10,000 inmates and, in the face of that, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is directing the Department of Corrections and …