Seven prisoners have died since the correction officers strike began, raising concerns about safety in state prisons and ...

The same person has been leading town meetings for more than 50 years in the tiny Northeast Kingdom town of Sutton.

Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of a man incarcerated in New York state. Gov.

More than 1,000 prison guards flooded Albany on Tuesday, chanting a defiant message as pressure mounted on them to stop their ...

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday, March 4 against the New York State Department of ...

State officials have failed to convince some 8,000 correction officers and sergeants to end their unlawful strike for safer ...

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State officials said they were investigating the death of Messiah Nantwi, 22, at an upstate prison over the weekend.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says 15 staff members at Mid-State Correctional Facility outside Utica have been placed on ...

Employment terminations for a “handful” of striking correction officers began on Sunday, as the financial cost of the strike mounts. New York Department of Homeland Security Commissioner Jackie Bray, ...

While nearly 60% of corrections officers remain on strike, hundreds of them gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday. The ...