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News Archive for "Criminal Justice Reform"

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LAS Wins Court Order to Place NYC Jails Under Receivership

The historic decision will empower an independent authority to implement long-overdue reforms and bring relief to incarcerated New Yorkers who continue to endure inhumane treatment.

LAS Calls on Lawmakers to Pass Treatment Court Expansion Act

This legislation would connect individuals to appropriate services when deemed suitable by a judge, improve public safety, and save taxpayers millions of dollars.

LAS Suit Seeks to End the NYPD’s Discriminatory Gang Database

The database has operated without transparency and accountability at the expense of Black and Latino New Yorkers. There is no evidence it improves public safety or reduces crime.

Listen: LAS Sues Over Pause on Solitary Confinement Protections

Antony Gemmell, with The Legal Aid Society's Prisoners’ Rights Project, joined The Capitol Pressroom to discuss a lawsuit brought by his team to reinstate the HALT Act.

LAS Sues to Reinstate Solitary Confinement Protections

The Legal Aid Society is suing to reinstate the HALT Act, which was suspended to appease illegally striking corrections officers.

Watch: Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers Demand Evidence Sharing Rules Stay

Divine G and Jeffrey Deskovic, who were both wrongfully convicted, explain why New York's current discovery laws are so important.

Watch: Tina Luongo on the Governor’s Dangerous Discovery Proposal

Luongo, Chief Attorney of Legal Aid's Criminal Defense Practice, recently joined Capital Tonight to discuss Governor Hochul’s proposed changes to New York State’s common sense evidence sharing laws.

City Jail Population Balloons to Over 7,000 Incarcerated New Yorkers

The Legal Aid Society is warning that Governor Kathy Hochul’s misguided effort to repeal discovery reform would only increase the number of people condemned to suffer on Rikers Island.

LAS Secures Order to Clarify Suspension of Solitary Confinement Reforms

The order requires DOCCS to disclose which provisions of the HALT Act they have suspended as a result of illegal strikes by correction staff at prisons across the State.

LAS Secures Ruling to Increase Transparency on NYPD Surveillance Spending

The ruling requires the NYPD to disclose all previously withheld records related to the purchase of invasive electronic surveillance technologies.