A tentative trial date has been set for Monday, Oct. 6 for the murder of Marcy prison inmate Robert L. Brooks. According to ...

Jonaiki Martinez Estrella, 31, was found dead at the Coxsackie Correctional Facility.

We take a closer look at five of the more than 600 bills passed in June by the State Legislature.

New York prisons are now short 4,500 correction officers, including the 2,000 fired for illegally striking. It’s a dangerous situation that requires, as state Inspector General Lucy Lang states ...

Prison Agency Is Considering Invoking Bogus Emergencies to Skirt Solitary Reforms, Lawsuit Alleges The lawsuit reveals that DOCCS is considering pausing solitary confinement law on Fridays, Saturdays, ...

A New York grand jury charged two prison guards with second-degree murder and eight others with related crimes, in the beating death of an inmate last month at a prison in Central New York ...

A special prosecutor said Monday he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison guards indicted in the beating death of a handcuffed inmate, 43-year-old Robert Brooks.

A special prosecutor says he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison guards indicted in the beating death of a handcuffed man.

New York’s prisons are working to rebuild themselves after a devastating, 22-day strike of nearly 8,000 corrections officers and the firing of about 2,000.

More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get another job with the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

Albany, N.Y. — New York’s prison chief declared Monday evening that the longest-running strike by prison employees in state history has ended.