New York Focus | Chris Gelardi
Chris Gelardi is a reporter for New York Focus investigating the state’s criminal-legal system. His work has appeared in more than a dozen other outlets,…| New York Focus
Chris Gelardi is a reporter for New York Focus investigating the state’s criminal-legal system. His work has appeared in more than a dozen other outlets,…| New York Focus
The HALT Solitary Confinement Act altered the balance of power within New York’s prisons.| New York Focus
After footage of the killing of Robert Brooks sparked national outcry, Governor Kathy Hochul promised to fully equip New York prisons with cameras. The…| New York Focus
Daniel Martuscello III, the prison and parole agency’s new acting commissioner, is the son of an entrenched system.| New York Focus
Annucci has been characterized as an institutionalist loyal to the prison system above all else — even, at times, the law.| New York Focus
A landmark solitary confinement reform law created a new, “rehabilitative” type of isolation unit. In practice, they're often little different from the…| New York Focus
Lawmakers banned solitary confinement for people with disabilities. But the state prison agency has crafted its own policies.| New York Focus
