Emily Brown

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State Prisons Are Routinely Violating New York’s Landmark Solitary Confinement Law
Criminal Justice, New York State, Reporting
State Prisons Are Routinely Violating New York’s Landmark Solitary Confinement Law
Five months after a law to scale back solitary confinement went into effect, a majority of the New York prison system’s solitary population had been held there for longer than the law permits.

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September 12
New York Prisons Set to Ban Most Packages from Family and Friends
Criminal Justice, Health, New York State, Reporting
New York Prisons Set to Ban Most Packages from Family and Friends
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.

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May 12