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The five-week course draws on material from a textbook by SUNY Broome Professor Gian Roma. The textbook focuses on personal growth and decision making. Nearly 60 people inside the jail have participated in the course, according to the sheriff’s office.
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The program, called "Motivation to Change", is a partnership between the district attorney and the county sheriff’s office.Under the program, people with substance use disorders who are charged with nonviolent offenses are diverted from arraignment at the Broome County correctional facility to Helio Health’s inpatient and detox programs.
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Protestors were ordered to disperse after gathering to raise the profile of the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis and the New Year’s Day arrest of Hamail Waddell in downtown Binghamton.
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Former Broome County District Attorney Stephen Cornwell’s assistant is pleading guilty to stealing around $1,000 from the county.
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Visiting hours at the Broome County Correctional Facility will be expanded from 15 to 30 hours a week, according to an announcement from Sheriff Fred Akshar Monday. The change comes amid a prolonged fight over visitation rights at the jail.
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A joint legislative hearing on crime data revealed gaps in the state's methods of collecting information that make it harder to determine whether recent laws like bail reform are working as intended.
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Last spring, Tompkins County opened an ethics investigation into Ithaca’s landmark police reform effort. Now, some are calling for the county legislator heading the investigation to recuse himself due to an alleged conflict of interest.
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Ten days after a Syracuse 11-year-old girl was murdered in a drive-by shooting walking home with milk from the corner store, the community finally has answers.
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Democrats on Binghamton City Council proposed legislation to hire a third party to conduct an independent investigation of the arrest of Hamail Waddell earlier this month, which Mayor Jared Kraham says is “moot” now the attorney general is involved.
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Activists allege the Binghamton police officer involved in the violent arrest of a Black Asian man on New Year's Day was once employed by the district as a school resource officer.
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During the arrest, officer Brad Kacynski [kuh-ZIHN-skee] was seen kneeling on Hamail Waddell’s neck.
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In court documents filed Tuesday, a parent says school officials are to blame after her child suffered injuries at school.