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General CA Issues
Prison Monitoring
Women in Prison
Juvenile Justice
Rockefeller Drug Laws
HOT TOPIC: 2008 Press on the Department of Correctional Services Plan to Close Four Prisons
Better Protecting the Vulnerable
New York Times Editorial
July 28, 2007
Spitzer Ends Charge on Inmate Collect Calls
Newsday
April 15, 2007
Editor's
Cut: Our Camera in NY’s Prisons
The
Nation online
May 30, 2004
Audit Critical of Prison Oversight Commission
Poughkeepsie Journal
August 25, 2008
Spitzer, Lawmakers Agree to Limit Solitary for Mentally Ill Inmates in New York
New York Law Journal
July 19, 2007
New Rules for Confining the Mentally Ill
New York Times
April 25, 2007
Editorial: Prison Horrors for the Mentally Ill
New York Times
April 23, 2007
A Cell of One's Own
Op-Ed by Sol Wachtler
New York Times
September
24, 2006
Attica prisoners still face threats to safety, health
Op-Ed by Jack Beck, Prison Visiting Project Director
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
September 14, 2006
Decriminalizing Mental Illness
New York Times
July 16, 2006
Step
toward Ending Private Hell in Prison
Albany Times Union
June 28, 2006
Report:
Jails' Mental Health Care Poor
Newsday
June 10, 2005
Report Critical of Prison Treatment
Albany Times Union
June 10, 2005
The Correctional Association Releases Extensive Report on New York's Prison System
CA Press Release
June 10, 2005
Getting a Clear Picture of Prison Abuse
Op-Ed by CA executive director Robert Gangi
Albany Times Union
December 13, 2004
Services at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
Women, Girls & Criminal Justice
April/May 2008
Coalition fights for the rights of women behind bars
Legislative Gazette
March 10, 2008
Women in N.Y. prisons seek better child custody protections
Gannett
March 4, 2008
Advocates pushing for legislative reforms for women
Associated Press / Albany Times Union
March 3, 2008
DOCS, Correctional Association Boost Women’s Health Materials
DOCS Today
Winter 2008
Dodging ASFA's Hammer
Child Welfare Watch
Winter 2008
Independent Inspection Challenges Conditions of Confinement at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York State
Women, Girls & Criminal Justice
December/January 2008
In New State Law, a Wait-Free Return to Medicaid Rolls After Prison
New York Times
July 27, 2007
The
Survival Defense: New Bill Weighs Domestic Violence History
City Limits
June 12, 2006
Coalition for Women Prisoners says more services, better treatment is needed in state facilities
Legislative Gazette
April 10, 2006
Opportunities sought by female ex-inmates
Utica Observer-Dispatch
April 5, 2006
A
Law's Fallout: Women in Prison Fight for Custody
Wall Street Journal
February 27, 2006
Lots
of Privacy-- and No Bars
Newsday
June 20, 2005
Coalition
Seeks Fair System for Women in Prison
Legislative Gazette
March 14, 2005
Jewish Women on Both Sides of the Prison Walls
Lilith magazine
January 2005
A
Different Holiday Party
Op-Ed by Stacey Thompson, Community Outreach Coordinator
Amsterdam
News
December
30, 2004
Life on
the Outside
Record Review
December 10, 2004
Why
is Sharon Richardson Still in Prison?
Essence magazine
December 2004
Reform Female Inmate Policies
Op-Ed by Tamar Kraft-Stolar, Women in Prison Project Director
Newsday
May 3, 2004
Advocates
for Women in Prison Take Their Case to Albany
CA Press Release
April 4, 2006
Sign the Safe Harbor Law
Newsday
July 7, 2008
Safe Harbor at Last
Albany Times Union
July 2, 2008
Bill to protect child sex workers
Albany Times Union
July 2, 2008
NY considers help to victims of child prostitution
Newsday
July 1, 2008
HOT TOPIC: 2008 Press on the OCFS Plan to Close Juvenile Jails
- Group home closing without opposition under state budget, Schenectady Daily Gazette (4/2/08)
- Lawmakers approve drug discount cards [p2], Star-Gazette (4/2/08)
- New Day, Line by Budget Line, New York Times (3/27/08)
- OCFS wants to close underutilized youth facilities, Capital 9 News (3/27/08)
- Youth Advocates Call on NY to Close Empty Juvenile Jails, WAMC (3/26/08)
- Miss: defending underused facilities, Star-Gazette (3/26/08)
- Advocates: Close empty N.Y. detention facilities, Press & Sun Bulletin (3/26/08)
- The Juveniles are Gone, Yet the Jails Remain, New York Times (3/26/08)
- Juvenile justice policy in flux: Fear of losing jobs by closing upstate youth facilities keeps them open—at a hefty price, Albany Times Union (3/23/08)
- Justice and juveniles, Albany Times Union (3/23/08)
- Why waste money on mostly empty juvenile facilities?, Buffalo News (3/19/08)
- Closing the door on juvenile facilities, El Diario (3/18/08)
- Juvenile Injustice: Locking children up—or funding empty centers—makes no sense, Syracuse Post Standard (3/16/08)
- Legislators seek to keep detention centers open, Syracuse Post Standard (3/15/08)
- Empty juvenile facility to stay open, Metro (3/14/08)
- Auburn juvenile facility may stay open, Auburn Citizen (3/13/08)
- Fewer Lock-ups, Enough Money?, City Limits Weekly (2/25/08)
New York's Children Need a Safe Harbor
New York Times editorial
September 15, 2007
Back Where They Belong
New York Times editorial:
July 5, 2007
Report Finds 2,000 of State’s Children Are Sexually Exploited, Many in New York City
New York Times
April 24, 2007
Juvenile Injustice
Gotham Gazette
January 25, 2007
Juvenile Justice Oversight Sought
New York Metro
December 19, 2006
Death of Teenager in Custody Stirs Inquiry
New York Times
November 22, 2006
Violence Spikes at Juvie Halls of Shame
New York Post
September 18, 2006
Coalition of Community Organizations, Advocates, and Youth Calls on State to Curb Abuse of Incarcerated Youth by Enacting Juvenile Justice Reforms
CA Press Release
February
28, 2006
Exploited Girls Are Victims, Not Criminals
Op-Ed by Mishi Faruqee, Juvenile Justice Project Director
Albany Times Union
June 17, 2005
Determining
the Future of a Girl with a Past
New York Times
September 15, 2004
Close Spofford Youth Jail to Save Money and Lives
Op-Ed by Mishi Faruqee, Juvenile Justice Project Director
Newsday
June 12, 2003
HOT TOPIC: The 35th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Drug Laws
- Thirty-Five Years of Rockefeller 'Justice', New York Times (5/27/08)
- Letter to the Editor: The Harm that Drug Laws Do , New York Times (5/13/08)
- 35 Years of Rockefeller Drug Laws, and Hope There Won't Be 36, New York Times (5/13/08)
- Drop the Rock Now, Albany Times Union (5/11/08)
- Racial Inequality and Drug Arrests, New York Times (5/10/08)
- Happy anniversary - not!, LoHud.com (5/8/08)
- 35 years too long—Time to end Rockefeller drug laws, Newsday (5/8/08)
- Drop the Rockefeller laws, El Diario (5/8/08)
- Groups renew push to as Rockefeller drug statutes, Ithaca Journal (5/6/08)
Drug treatment can fight prison bias
Albany Times Union
March 14, 2008
Repeal Rockefeller drug laws, cut prison costs
Newsday
February 8, 2008
Drug Law Reform, Now
Albany Times Union
March 19, 2007
In New Data, a Redefinition of Drug Felon
New York Times
December 23, 2004
Letter to the Editor-- Drug Law Reform
Op-Ed by CA executive director Robert Gangi
New York Times
December 12, 2004
Changes Made to Drug Laws Don't Satisfy Advocates
New York Times
December 9, 2004
Drug Laws Are Still Too Harsh
Op-Ed by CA executive director Robert Gangi
Newsday
December 9, 2004
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