NY prison review finds prevalence of contraband and gang activity that exacerbates safety problems, which undermine the goal of rehabilitation, and officers concealing their misuse of force.

ALBANY — A private law firm’s review of the use of force inside the central New York prisons where two inmates were beaten to death by correction officers has confirmed that a staffing crisis is ...

You could face an average of two years in prison ...

Commissioning murder is "not categorically a crime of violence," even in cases where the killer fulfills the contract, the ...

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. The months after the October 7, 2023, attacks saw a wave of questionable mainstream news stories about alleged sexual ...

A decade ago, corrections officers in New York state prisons used pepper spray 124 times over the course of a year. But by 2024, the year Robert Brooks was murdered by guards while incarcerated at a ...

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While many Americans prepared to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, and the freedoms represented thereby, New York state ...

NEW YORK — The State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is announcing significant progress on safety, culture and accountability efforts. The department says it’s completed more than ...

Prisoners are allowed to file complaints about mistreatment — but doing so often comes with retaliation. That's according to ...