The monster who admitted to killing, molesting and burning an elderly Queens couple was roaming the streets because of a little-known change to the state parole law championed by mayoral candidate ...

An inmate lays on a bed in a jail cell. The panel established by Gov. Mike Kehoe to write rules for how long people who break the law must stay in prison may be violating the law itself by meeting in ...

POUGHKEEPSIE - A Dutchess County activist is suing the state prison commissioner and a Dutchess County judge for allegedly violating his constitutional rights by incarcerating him for a week over a ...

NEW YORK — Last night the New York Civil Liberties Union and The Legal Aid Society filed a class-action lawsuit against Governor Cuomo and the New York Department of Corrections and Community ...

Parole reform legislation introduced this month in the state legislature would emphasize rehabilitation while reducing reincarceration for technical parole violations. Gov. Phil Murphy has long touted ...

Multnomah County probation and parole officers are jailing fewer people for minor parole violations than they did in 2019, but those who do land behind bars are staying much longer, according to a new ...

Let’s welcome news reported by The Gazette this week that Colorado’s prison population is on the rise, with more lawbreakers reportedly behind bars for parole violations. That’s encouraging in a state ...