Progressive lawmakers have re-surfaced legislation first introduced four years ago that would triple membership of what they ...

Richard Rivera spent 39 years in prison for a crime he committed as a 16-year-old and deeply regrets. While incarcerated, he ...

The ongoing issue of staffing shortages in the New York State prison system has led to disruptions and increased costs for ...

The Oneida County Executive announced that the governor has reversed a plan to permanently ban correctional officers who ...

New York is nearing the final days for state budget discussions. State senators see work that needs to be done, but they’re ...

Investigation is continuing into a series of incidents in which multiple security staff and inmates were apparently sickened ...

"Correctional facilities across the country are experiencing staffing shortages and New York is no different ... When Hochul proposed the prison closures in 2024, DOCCS Commissioner Daniel ...

COLUMBUS — Collin Sullivan wasn't going to be denied. Not this time. One year after suffering state heartbreak, the Fairless senior entered Sunday night's Division III state championship match ...

Marching in the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade has been an annual highlight for a retired Queens carpenter for decades — but ...

The deranged stepmom who allegedly tortured and held her stepson captive in their Connecticut house of horrors for more than ...

Emergency workers responding to a fire in Waterbury, Conn., found the man, 32, who weighed only 68 pounds and had been held ...

The state Legislature's one-house budgets include language to close more state prisons in the 2025-26 fiscal year.