Lawmakers started discussing legislative action to address a culture of prison violence six months ago after the fatal beating of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility in December, and the ...

Women on Long Island face unique postprison job struggles, but a local nonprofit and university partnership offers free ...

After declining a plea deal, a Marcy Correctional Facility officer, charged in connection with the beating death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility in December, was back in court Monday.

This bill isn’t about improving public safety, it’s about doubling-down on the criminalization of those most in need of care.” ...

Washington County officials have approved a resolution to apply for a $1.5 million grant to expand the Community Rebuilding Initiative by repurposing the former women’s jail in downtown Fayetteville.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced an inmate at the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex is currently on life ...

As we continue to follow the response to the proposed closure of the Rockview Prison and Quehanna Boot Camp facilities, on ...

During the strikes, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) asked Governor ...

And the state needs a smaller, more modern prison to house and rehabilitate women who committed serious crimes. The existing ...

In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...

A former prison guard has pleaded guilty to submitting a false form in the beating death of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, according to our Utica NBC affiliate.

Utica, N.Y. — A third New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officer, ...