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Who Stopped the Murders In New York City?

One of the dramatic changes in New York society in recent years has been the plunging rate of crime — particularly violent crime — in urban neighborhoods. The lawless “Fort Apache” vibe of the 1970s and 1980s has...

NYT blasts Little over “prison gerrymandering’

The New York Times editorial page weighed in yesterday on a suit to block a law that ends New York’s practice of counting prison inmates at their prison-homes when it comes to drawing electoral districts. The Times calls it prison...

Morning Read: Inmate debate roils political map

Last week, David Sommerstein reported that Republican lawmakers — including state Sen. Betty Little – are suing to make sure prison inmates are counted where they are incarcerated, not where they’re from. The dust-up was also raw...

Enterprise: Prisoner count could affect Little’s district

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise has been looking at Census figures the last couple of days, trying to sort out how those numbers could affect redistricting. They note that the new rules involving how inmates are counted could reshape Sen. Betty...

Morning Read: NYS inmate count headed to court?

It matters a lot how and where you count prison inmates in New York state. With tens of thousands of prisoners behind bars, the accounting could affect redistricting and political power — especially in a year when lawmakers are already...

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State of Mental Health Care in the Prisons

by Brian Mann

Jun 28, 2002 — A new report issued today argues that the 67,000 inmates in New York's prison system need better health care - and mental health counseling. Eleven percent of the state's prisoners are diagnosed with mental illness. Brian Mann talks with Jennifer Wynn, with the Correctional Association of New York, which issued the study.

The Department of Correctional Services declined to be interviewed to respond to the report, instead issuing a press release. Go to full article

Drug Law Reform

by Karen DeWitt

Jun 07, 2002 — The state legislature moved closer to reforming the Rockefeller Drug Laws. Assembly Democrats offered a bill that makes major concessions to Governor Pataki's conditions for changing the quarter-century old strict drug punishments. Karen Dewitt reports. Go to full article

Drug Law Reform Hopes Fade

by Karen DeWitt

Dec 14, 2001 — Hopes are fading for reform of Rockefeller era drug laws this legislative session. Karen Dewitt has an update. Go to full article

These aren't the droids you're looking for...