Due to the staffing crisis at state correctional facilities, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is looking to release ...
Legislators, officials must not be distracted by illegal corrections officer strike, letter writer says. Pass jail reforms now to protect incarcerated individuals from abuse, torture.
It costs New York state more than $100 million per month for having the National Guard in and around state prisons, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
State leaders are defending their decision to offer early release to people held in state prisons, and their approach to rebuilding the state prison security staff ranks after losing more than 2,000 ...
In the wake of staff shortages caused by the 22-day wildcat prison strike that ended in March, state officials will review ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed new prison reforms meant to ease staffing shortages on Tuesday as part of state budget ...
Officials who represent Oneida County on the county, state and national level are speaking out after the New York State ...
New York will begin releasing certain incarcerated individuals early as part of a new initiative by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to address ongoing staffing shortages in ...
Five months later, we still do not know why Robert Fisher, the man who raped and killed a 3-year-old girl in Rensselaer, died ...
A grand jury is set to begin hearing evidence next week regarding the death of an inmate last month at a Central New York prison, officials said. The grand jury will get the case April 9 in Oneida ...
Plea offers have been sent to 10 prison employees accused in the fatal beating of a Utica-area inmate late last year.
NY's corrections commissioner has directed all state prison superintendents to create spreadsheets of inmates who qualify for ...