New York

Instead of building ‘humane jails’ to replace Rikers Island, let’s push the NYPD to cut down on arrests.

New York City just paid Jose LaSalle of the Copwatch Patrol Unit nearly $900,000 over claims of false arrest related to the 2016 incident, but his fight for justice is far from over.

Rashad McNulty entered a guilty plea in a series of federal gang indictments in New York that have been criticized as racist and overly punitive. But before McNulty was even sentenced, he died in jail. Now, his family is seeking justice.

New NYPD data show that in 2018 the department closed nearly 500 rape cases due to an alleged lack of participation from victims and had a declining clearance rate for rape, raising questions over its handling of sexual assault.

Banishing people from the subway will only marginalize them without addressing the problem.

Activists suspect the investigation was tainted by the close relationship between the police and prosecutors.

Federal defenders say the shutdown is hurting poor people stuck in jail.

She is suing the Division of Human Rights for saying it’s not authorized to investigate her complaint.

The miniseries depicting a New York prison escape fails to show what happened to the men left behind.

Prosecutors denounce bail reform efforts when people miss court dates, but ‘failure to appear’ rates obscure the fact that many who miss court aren’t on the run.

Prisoners in the state’s Regional Medical Units allege that they are being denied access to essential programs and services like law libraries.

Reports detail suicides and care for one woman that was ‘so grossly incompetent and inadequate as to shock the conscience.’

Advocates say victims are being pressured to sign ‘withdrawal’ forms to quickly close investigations and protect the department from legal liability.

Under Raise the Age, ‘there are kids similarly situated who are being treated totally differently.’

Decision-making by prosecutors in such cases, says one attorney, ‘compounds, entrenches, and ultimately authorizes the initial act of violence by prosecuting the victim.’

As Thursday’s election approaches, confusion reigns.

State Senate candidate Julia Salazar explains how sex workers’ rights is a key part of reforming criminal justice in New York.

Jacqueline Smalls was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing a boyfriend whose ‘hands were his weapons.’ She now joins the ranks of criminalized survivors seeking clemency from Governor Cuomo.

From policing to parole, this election could be pivotal for reform.

Grassroots group VOCAL-NY is teaching people with substance use disorder how to avoid getting ensnared in the criminal justice system.

With journalist Bryce Covert.

A teenage girl spent weeks in jail, and her mother is still locked up on a $150,000 bond.

New York’s Democratic governor has granted only a trickle of commutations, fewer than many of his Democratic and Republican predecessors.

Walliris Velez thought the worst was behind her after she was slashed in a subway car, but then came an arrest and an attempted murder charge by the Bronx DA.

Brian Solano spent over two years on Rikers Island before a potentially exonerating NYPD video interview was disclosed to his defense attorney. But that video is now being excluded from his June trial.

By the time Steven Odiase learned of the evidence that would set him free, he’d already spent six years in prison for murder.

Her former partner assaulted her in her home. When the police arrived, she was arrested and he walked free.