Prosecutors in western New York have dropped their efforts to retry a man whose murder conviction was overturned in the 1993 ...

Utica, N.Y. - A former New York state corrections officer who tried to cover up the fatal beating of an inmate has now been ...

A former Mid-State Corrections Officer who pleaded guilty to his involvement in the death of an inmate is now facing sex ...

A New York state man, who allegedly pointed a gun at store clerk, has been arrested and charged. New York State Police said in a press release that on December 1, troopers arrested a 31-year-old man ...

The bills, which have already passed the State Legislature, would help prevent brutality in prisons, supporters say. But the ...

A pilot program requiring officers to work their normal eight hours plus four hours of overtime will start Nov. 30 at the ...

New York state prisons routinely serve meals that fall short of federal nutrition guidance, rely heavily on refined grains and sodium, and leave incarcerated people to fill gaps through commissaries ...

USA TODAY reviewed in-custody death reports, revealing at least 1,780 sepsis-related deaths at prisons and jails nationally.

USA TODAY reviewed in-custody death reports, revealing at least 1,780 sepsis-related deaths at prisons and jails nationally. What it found in NY ...

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last ...

New York is closing another prison as the state continues to struggle to staff its correctional facilities and adjust to a two-decade plunge in the number of people who are incarcerated. The latest ...

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