As budget hearings got underway last week, Pennsylvania state lawmakers questioned officials with the state Department of Corrections about why they deserve a budget increase, even after deciding to ...

Pa. Corrections officials say addiction treatment driving up costs, despite prison closures

City & State New York: Opinion: The light that shines behind the prison walls

Without external scrutiny, the state prison system will return to a state of opacity where inefficiency and neglect go unnoticed until it is too late, and too expensive, to fix.

Spectrum News NY1: State prison officials are grappling with a crisis behind bars

New York Daily News: Gov. Hochul must close this abusive state prison

Now is the time for Gov. Hochul to close Marcy Correctional Facility, a state prison so beset by tragedy and dysfunction that keeping it open would cause more harm than good. Last week, Imam Abdallah ...

Washington Examiner: Blakeman slams Hochul over requirement to put convicted criminal on state corrections commission

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) for following through on legislation that sets aside a spot on the state corrections commission for a convicted criminal. The ...

Blakeman slams Hochul over requirement to put convicted criminal on state corrections commission

New York Daily News: Gov. Hochul orders closure of another NY State prison, drawing criticism

Gov. Hochul has ordered the closure of an upstate prison but opted not to close two more prisons, as had been previously approved in the state budget, managing to anger both correction officers union ...