All New York State prisons except for one have reopened for visitations following the corrections officers' strikes that ...

A Lockport man was sentenced to serve more than five years in prison for his role in a 2017 home invasion in the Town of ...

Criminal justice experts say understaffing and trauma can contribute to prison violence. Mental health support and a sense of ...

Advocates say the violence behind prison walls is at a crisis level, but getting a clear picture of what’s happening isn’t ...

Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul for preventing local agencies from hiring fired state correction officers.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A man suffering from severe mental health episodes was sentenced to prison on Friday for a fatal stabbing.

The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office said 40-year-old Michael Benjamin has been sentenced to 164 years to life in the ...

Kelvin Vickers, the 24-year-old man convicted of killing Rochester Police Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz, was allegedly caught ...

The teen, whose name was not made public, was arraigned virtually and is now being held at Woodfield Cottage in Valhalla, facing the following charges: First-degree robbery; Fourth-degree criminal ...

A police investigation is underway after an inmate died Saturday at a New York state prison, where more than a dozen staff members connected to the incident were subsequently placed on ...

A tentative agreement meant to end the strikes among New York prison workers has failed to do so in most cases, with staff at 32 prisons still refusing to come to work, the state said Monday.

Inmates said he was viciously beaten by prison guards. By Jan Ransom The State Police are investigating the death of a prisoner over the weekend in a facility near the central New York prison ...