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Hochul Signs Amended Prison Oversight Law With 24/7 Cameras and New Accountability Rules

The compromise measure responds to pressure after Robert Brooks’ killing.

Pope Leo XIV Uses Jubilee Mass to Decry Prison Overcrowding and Urge Pardons