The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is banning the use of preferred pronouns, stopping special pat-down procedures and rejecting ...

Formal mediation aimed at ending the illegal strike start on Monday. The National Guard remains on duty securing several stat ...

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

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An inmate at a New York State prison has died on Saturday according to the NYS Department of Corrections and Community ...

Six New York prison workers have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of an inmate who was handcuffed, ...

Walter "King Tut" Johnson was sentenced to five life terms in 1997 by a judge who later released him from prison after 27 years.

Cato, N.Y. — Two New York state prison buses were vandalized last Wednesday in Cayuga County, officials said. One bus was set on fire and another was spray-painted, according to Thomas Mailey, a ...

Correctional facilities are not meant to be pleasant, but ours have become perilous for correction officers and even more ...

Striking New York correction officers will be classified as absent without leave and face serious repercussions, including ...

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago ...