One detainee was discovered in a cell at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island. The second, sources said, appears to ...

Lawmakers in the New York state Legislature raced to pass more than 800 bills this year. The legislation now heads to Gov.

More than a dozen correction officers involved in the fatal beating a 22-year-old from Harlem at a New York state prison ...

Robert Brooks was repeatedly beat and died from his injuries at the hands of New York State Correctional Officers. March 2025 saw the death of Messiah Nantwi ...

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

County jails are holding larger numbers of state-ready inmates after the correction officer strike earlier this year and the ...

A federal lawsuit accused NY corrections officers of fatally beating Messiah Nantwi, calling it part of a pattern of abuse ...

A New York City law firm has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Messian Nantwi, the 22-year-old Mid-State ...

After calling for help, state troopers and firefighters who arrived at the old Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill at ...

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

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