Correctional Association of New York (CA)

The Correctional Association of New York (cany) accomplishes its mission through onsite prison monitoring, data gathering and analysis, information sharing and education, and advocacy. Cany provides independent prison oversight in the form of prison monitoring visits to state Correctional facilities, correspondence by mail with incarcerated people, data analysis and reporting, and engagement with state agencies, the legislature, advocacy partners, and the general public. Each year, cany conducts 8-10 comprehensive prison monitoring visits, receives hundreds of phone calls, website inquiries, and emails from concerned parties, and collects administrative data through freedom of information law requests. Cany assimilates this information and communicates it to stakeholders in the form of reports, digital media, earned media coverage, legislative testimony, and public speaking engagements.