A new report from the department overseeing the New York State prison system shows that as staffing has slumped over the past two decades, prison violence has been on the rise.
NEW YORK CITY — Prison reform advocates planned to hold a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 9, in front of Gov. Kathy ...
State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to ...
Levi Aron, serving 40 years to life for the 2011 murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, has died in state custody, New York ...
More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the ...
A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder Monday in the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the attack ...
Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) and Assemblyman Michael Cashman (D-115) called for DOCCS to explain its safety protocols on ...
Joshua Bartlett, a former Mid-State prison guard, was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual abuse and three counts ...