New York's state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge ruled this week. State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant ...

A judge ruled on Tuesday that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) violated the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act.

The law set restrictions on which incarcerated people New York jails and prisons can send to solitary confinement, how long they can keep them there, and for what reason. It also raised standards ...

National Guard members deployed in New York prisons have endured unacceptable ... monitoring special housing units for inmates in solitary confinement,” according to an April press release.

The Marshall Project has identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010, according to a review of court settlements ...

During a daylong hearing in Albany, state lawmakers heard from family members of men who died in New York State prisons in recent years. By Jan Ransom Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany ...