‘I Just Need to Hug Him’: Families Say New York Is Illegally Delaying Prison Transfers

Under a 2021 law, an incarcerated person with minor children can request what’s called a “proximity transfer” to the closest appropriate prison to their home. Shawna and Artamion quickly filed for one to get him closer, but Moore said they didn’t hear anything back for months.

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Former Democratic state Senator David Carlucci, who co-sponsored April’s bill, called the data New York Focus shared “deeply troubling,” noting in an email that it’s “not what any of us who co-sponsored this legislation intended.”