The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) said it will be releasing some inmates early ...

Some nonviolent inmates will be released early from prisons around the state to help ease the pressure of staffing shortages, ...

A federal judge agreed last week that an incarcerated man's claims could proceed against two state corrections employees, ...

A lockdown at Eastern Correctional Prison in Greene County has been lifted according to Brad Deen with N.C. Adult Corrections ...

In the wake of staff shortages caused by the 22-day wildcat prison strike that ended in March, state officials will review ...

Ever wanted to go behind the scenes of a nearly 100-year-old prison? A comprehensive report issued by the Correctional Association of New York (CANY) gives the public a view inside the walls of the ...

Plea offers have been sent to 10 prison employees accused in the fatal beating of a Utica-area inmate late last year.

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 Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in ...

New York State is planning early releases for certain incarcerated individuals due to ongoing staffing issues.

Despite the urging of the Cascade County sheriff and county attorney, who spoke of inmates and a detention officer harmed by ...

An inmate at the MacDougal Correctional Institution in Suffield was charged with murdering his cellmate, according to the ...