Closing the Gowanda Correctional Facility will have a devastating impact on the local economy, according to Gowanda Mayor David Smith. The medium security prison in the Town of Collins is one of ...

During the strikes, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) asked Governor ...

Corrections and Community Supervision, or DOCCS, said that an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility had to be hospitalized Thursday afternoon after an officer noticed they were having trouble ...

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled that New York City Mayor Eric Adams' emergency orders suspending the HALT Act were ...

George Williams was brutally assaulted by guards at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York in 2011. The efforts of a stranger have since allowed him to attend barber school. By Tom Robbins ...

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 ...

An earlier version of this story misstated the details of legislation that would allow the Correctional Association of New York to inspect prisons. They would be able to do so with 24 hours' notice.

Six were charged with murder. In March, Messiah Nantwi was killed at neighboring Mid-State correctional facility, leading to murder and other charges for 10 guards in that case.

A total of 23 individuals were indicted by a Randolph County Grand Jury Monday, on charges including wanton endangerment, sexual assault and grand larceny. Eddie Ray Collins, 33, of Elkins, was ...

A total of 23 individuals were indicted by a Randolph County Grand Jury Monday, on charges including wanton endangerment, sexual assault and grand larceny. Eddie Ray Collins, 33, of Elkins, was ...

The strikes began Monday at three prisons — Collins Correctional in Erie County, Elmira Correctional in Chemung County and Groveland Correctional Facility in Livingston County — with correction ...