Prison populations and staffing levels have dropped by 50% in recent decades. Now, Gov. Hochul wants the authority to shutter ...

The mother of a man who hanged himself at the Kent County Correctional Facility has reached a settlement in her lawsuit against the county and a jail healthcare provider. The proposed agreement awaits ...

The Legal Aid Society released a report Friday, detailing the ongoing and immense damage inflicted upon incarcerated New ...

MIDDLETON — Essex County Sheriff Kevin F. Coppinger recently announced the Essex County Sheriff’s Department has once again ...

The young detainee who appears to have died of a ruptured appendix and infection began showing serious medical issues in the ...

State senator Rob Rolison has called for an investigation into similar incidents. Previously, eight officers were reported sick at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County.

The future of another local state prison may be in some doubt, based on comments from Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.

ATTICA — Weekend visitation has reopened at all New York State correctional facilities. The update was announced Thursday by ...

A juvenile correctional officer in Chesterfield has been arrested in connection to the sexual assault of a teenage girl in May. Cedric A. Thomas, 60, is accused of assaulting an inmate at the Bon Air ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 100 new Department of Correction officers will soon be deployed across New York City. The ...

A former correctional officer has been arrested and charged in connection to the sexual assault of a girl at Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center last year.

Most of Susquehanna County's inmates will be housed in the Wayne County Correctional Facility. The agreement sets a rate of $118 per day per inmate.