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

Megan Tallman recently pleaded guilty to rape in the 3rd degree. She will be sentenced in August and required to register as ...

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

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

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

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

Corrections Officers sue NYS in a class action lawsuit 6/5/25 ...

Several former New York State correction officers are suing the state and the Department of Corrections and Community ...

New York state lawmakers are moving forward with a package of ten prison reforms: the Prison Reform Omnibus Bill.

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

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

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, ...