Michel Blot was reassigned from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility to Sing Sing after prisoners and advocates raised concerns.
Two women have died by suicide and a third from cancer at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the reporting found.
This week’s death, which incarcerated people and advocates described as a suicide, comes at a time of turmoil in the facility.
Nine months after the prison guard strike, incarcerated people are being denied early release after not completing programming that they don’t have access to.
After footage of the killing of Robert Brooks sparked national outcry, Governor Kathy Hochul promised to fully equip New York prisons with cameras. The project has stalled for years.
New York prisons have banned articles from The New York Times, New York magazine, and local newspapers, often citing their potential to incite disobedience.
As book banning sparks outrage in schools and libraries, the censorship of classics like Native Son persists in New York prisons.
Andrew Cuomo named Anthony Annucci acting commissioner of New York prisons back in 2013. Now, someone his agency incarcerates is trying to take him out.
The prison agency has stonewalled lawmakers’ requests for information justifying the policy.
At the urging of the correction officers union, the prison agency is restricting packages to private vendors that charge steep markups and have limited selections.