Our Mission
Through monitoring, research, public education & policy recommendations, the CA strives to make the administration of justice in New York State more fair, efficient and humane.
2010 POLICY AGENDA
Find out which issues we are working on this year
Recent CA Press:
- PRISCO JOINS CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION (New York Nonprofit Press) Gabrielle Prisco has been appointed by the Correctional Association to be Director of its Juvenile Justice Project.
- FEDERAL OVERSIGHT FOR TROUBLED N.Y. YOUTH PRISONS (New York Times) Four of New York’s most dangerous and troubled youth prisons will be placed under federal oversight, strict new limits will be imposed on the use of physical force by guards, and dozens of psychiatrists, counselors and investigators will be hired under a sweeping agreement finalized on Wednesday between state and federal officials.
- WHEN THE POLICE STOP AND FRISK (New York Times, letter to the editor) Critics of the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics do not accuse individual officers of racial bias, but question the practice itself because of how it focuses almost entirely on minority neighborhoods.
- LITMUS TEST IN PRIMARY: OVERHAULED DRUG LAWS (New York Times) Last year's legislative victory has emerged as a litmus test in the increasingly bitter fiveway Democratic primary battle for attorney general.
- A BETTER CHANCE (New York Times) Gov. David Paterson’s juvenile justice task force was on the mark when it advised him to stop sending low-risk young offenders to faraway lockups and place more of them in lower-cost community-based programs. read more >
News and Events
Protecting LGBT youth behind bars
Gabrielle Prisco, Director of the CA's Juvenile Justice Project, speaks with Laura Flanders of The Nation/GRITtv to discuss the specific injustices facing incarcerated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.
ACTION ALERT: Tell your Assemblymember to support ReDirect NY today
On June 22, the New York Senate passed ReDirect NY, legislation that would provide fiscal incentives for localities to expand their use of alternative programs for youth.
Now that the Senate has passed the bill - thanks in large part to the leadership of Senate sponsor Velmanette Montgomery - it's up to the Assembly to decide whether it will go to Governor Paterson's desk. Assemblymember William Scarborough, the bill's sponsor in that house, has been a staunch advocate for the bill, but he needs our help.
[CLICK HERE to send an email asking Assemblymembers to support the bill]
A fair chance for families separated by prison
On June 15, incarcerated parents and their children received long sought-after and critical support in their efforts to maintain ties to each other and protect parental rights.
On that day, after years of advocacy by the Correctional Association of New York's Women in Prison Project, the Coalition for Women Prisoners, and allies statewide, Governor David Paterson signed into law the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) Expanded Discretion Bill. [Click here to read the full article on the North Star Fund's community blog]
Stay involved with the Drop the Rock campaign this summer
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ReDirect NY gaining momentum, New York Times lends its support to the bill
The New York Times has come out in strong support of ReDirect New York—legislation that preserves funding for alternative programs for youth, and creates a fiscal incentive for counties to take advantage of such programs. Our Juvenile Justice Project helped to draft ReDirect New York at the request of key policymakers. [Read the editorial]