“Smoke Screen”: Experiences with the Incarcerated Grievance Program in New York State Prisons

CANY has repeatedly documented that the Incarcerated Grievance Program in New York State is perceived by incarcerated people as fundamentally failing. Together these failures inflict significant damage on perceptions of legitimacy of the system and negatively impact relationships between incarcerated people and staff.

A New Look at CANY: Oversight, Transparency, Discourse, and Accountability