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The ban had helped the local sheriff rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit from detainee video and phone call fees.
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More than two years into the pandemic, the Broome County Sheriff’s Office is still prohibiting all jail visits. That helped rake in more than half a million dollars last year.
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But if he loses his appeal and Gov. Kathy Hochul declines to grant him clemency, he will likely be sent back to prison.
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Reginald Randolph is currently serving a two to four year sentence in state prison for stealing cold medicine.
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Blind in one eye and at risk of losing vision in the other, 58-year-old Reginald Randolph has spent much of the past three years in jail. Now he’s on the verge of being sent to state prison for four more years.
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Incarcerated people with disabilities detail a labyrinth of humiliations in prison.
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Anthony Sims’ case shows the conflict of interest inherent in Conviction Review Units led by former prosecutors, critics say.