I hate coming here,” Robert Ricks said. Ricks sat at the focal point of a hearing room in the New York state legislative office building. He’d traveled to Albany last Wednesday to testify for a second ...

A New York corrections officer indicted in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks admitted in court he cleaned up the ...

Some provisions will apply to younger guards, including the prohibition on having or using firearms or transporting inmates outside of prisons.

New York's enacted budget for fiscal year 2025 includes several reforms for state prisons and correction staff.

New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18. The shortage of corrections officers was ...

WASHINGTON — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are being called to DC next month to face a congressional grilling over their states’ pro-migrant ...

Video could be seen striking Brooks in the chest with a shoe and hoisting him up by his neck and dropping him. Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the incident. "Robert Brooks should be alive today," a ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday dismissed Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik’s possible 2026 gubernatorial run, boldly declaring: “Bring it on.” The Democratic governor was adamant she wasn’t ...

Brooks' son Robert Brooks Jr., who was at the hearing ... The beating drew widespread condemnation and calls for reforms. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she was “outraged and horrified” by ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said Monday that it was “shocking” to hear President Trump say in an interview the day prior that he doesn’t know whether he needs to follow the Constitution.

Christopher Walrath was one of six guards charged with second-degree murder in the death of inmate Robert Brooks at the ... and calls for reforms. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she was “outraged ...

Several members of Brooks’ family — including his son, Robert Jr., and his brother ... prison system that brutalizes inmates. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Marcy prison in the weeks after ...