New York prisons

(Airs 09/04/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Max Kenner, Founder and Executive Director of the Bard Prison Initiative, about how the unique program creates opportunities for incarcerated men and women to earn a Bard College degree while serving their sentences.

The planned closure of the Great Meadow Correctional Facility has Washington County locals concerned for the future of the region.

Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County and Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg will shutter November 6th

Protests were held in four locations in New York Tuesday over the growing number of state prison inmates infected with COVID-19. There have been outbreaks…

All New York prison guards and other staff who have direct contact with state inmates are required to get eight hours of training annually in recognizing…

A senior official says the Cuomo administration plans to expand college classes for New York's prison inmates will be privately funded and not financed by…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to fund college classes in New York prisons, saying a college degree will reduce the likelihood an inmate will return to…