All state criminal- and family-court sentencing judges will soon have to visit a jail or prison at least once a year to see ...

Utica, N.Y. — Four additional former New York state corrections officers have been sentenced in connection with the beating death of an inmate last year. Corrections officers were accused of ...

New York has taken steps to increase oversight of its prison system, including adding a formerly incarcerated person to the ...

Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Staffing levels are low. Rates of violence and drug exposures are rising. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the ...

An inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility died after he was assaulted at the prison over the weekend, according to New York State Police. Inmate Terry Demonstoy, 45, was found unconscious in a bathroom ...

A former New York state corrections officer has reached a plea deal with prosecutors weeks before he was set to go to trial ...

Two correctional officers were hospitalized after they were reportedly stabbed by an inmate hiding in his cell at the Marcy ...

Two correction officers were hurt after an inmate attacked staff with a homemade weapon during a wellness check at a ...