A 19-year-old visiting an abandoned prison to take photos needed rescuing when he "became trapped in a cell" at the former ...

The bill includes proposals that would require cameras in all areas of prisons except showers and cells, and require more ...

The beating deaths of two incarcerated men at Oneida County prisons has spurred a package of oversight reforms passed by the ...

Nineteen former correction officers are suing New York State, claiming they were illegally fired while on protected medical ...

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Corrections Committee Chair Erik Dilan announced the passage of legislation ...

The omnibus bill, which lawmakers hope to pass in both chambers with just days before the legislative session’s end, is the ...

A Department of Corrections report reveals 59 deaths in New York prisons since January, with many causes still undetermined.

Lawmakers across Western New York are deeply concerned that Collins Correctional Facility could be on a state chopping block ...

The Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital in Plattsburgh told NBC5 News that its treating three patients from Clinton ...

MARCY, N.Y. — A former corrections officer at Mid-State prison plead guilty to two charges related to the fatal beating of 22 ...

Four former correction officers appeared in court Thursday in connection with the death of Mid-State Correctional Facility ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several former New York State correction officers are suing the state and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to get their jobs back.