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Eliza Fawcett is a freelance journalist who was recently a criminal justice project reporter for New York Focus. She has reported for The New York Times and the Hartford Courant.
![State Senator Gustavo Rivera, a major opponent of Hochul's cuts to Health Homes, speaks at a rally for health workers on April 17, 2023.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/Ijz8EmNn9Ch8p791KCqL-ETcgf2teel6kQkGtvwISaY/w:600/h:400/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/f:jpg/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9yaXZlcmEtcmFsbHkuanBn.jpg)
Hochul’s proposed Medicaid cuts include $125 million from Health Homes, a program that connects the neediest New Yorkers with medical care, food assistance, and more.
![A magnifying glass reveals a jail cell otherwise obscured by static.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/5HOvP8R0GTgoMCQgSDH0cRO3vxMo24ZE-iJFZmQFC1U/w:600/h:400/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/f:jpg/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9qYWlsd2F0Y2hkb2ctZmluYWwuanBn.jpg)
New York Focus has published thousands of pages of county jail oversight records. Browse them in our database.
![Governor Kathy Hochul, wearing a red turtleneck and blazer, sits at a table with other officials.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/-NLsSjX4gkF0SBMRROZ1o_OorTDgkBQqQa4icEZafrQ/w:600/h:400/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/f:jpg/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9ob2NodWwtcmV0YWlsLXRoZWZ0LmpwZw.jpg)
New York’s incarcerated population has been declining for decades. Why is it so hard for prison closures to keep pace?
![Attica Correctional facility exterior in grayscale, with bright TV static behind.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/cTPNJMUyn_VHRDa6ApvlCwbQAnoUG2bRz5EH4IAnVrQ/w:600/h:400/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/f:jpg/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9hdHRpY2FzdGF0aWNhLmpwZw.jpg)
The State Commission of Correction has been stumbling for decades — with millions of incarcerated people caught in the lurch.
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The state council that reviews grievances spent an average of eight seconds on each case in its last meeting — and rejected nearly all of them.
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New York imposes strict regulations on “segregated confinement.” What if it’s just called “confinement”?