Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.

In at least one case, police may have violated a state court ruling prohibiting local law enforcement from conducting civil immigration enforcement.

The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct.

Prison officials are using a novel legal reading to argue that the HALT Solitary Confinement Act doesn’t apply to units where most people are incarcerated.

State officials and local activists may be more influential, but the mayor still has a role to play.

Many incarcerated New Yorkers say the new normal is endless lock-in.

Statewide diversion courts could keep thousands out of jail, but they’ll need more investments in treatment to succeed.

Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.

Despite mounting evidence that a disbarred attorney stole client funds, Manhattan prosecutors have taken no action.

Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.

The City Council held an emergency hearing on the NYPD’s use of a free internet program to gain real-time access to public housing cameras, in response to New York Focus’s reporting.

The renewal locks New York City into well over $100 million in costs for the controversial program.

Jails and prisons across the state are facing many crises. Someone should tell the Commission of Correction.

A once-touted statewide conviction review unit lacks independence, authority, and transparency — and Albany hasn’t moved to fix it.

So far this year, the state’s county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.

Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story.

The attorney general’s conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it’s received since 2012.

Officers in New York State crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found.

The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York State’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies.

After a strike led state prisons to stop accepting new prisoners, local jails have been left holding thousands of extra people.