In our opinion, Gov. Kathy Hochul took the wrong first step when prison workers went on strike Monday in Collins, Brocton and more than two dozen other state prisons. Because the governor didn’t ...

A 61-year-old inmate was found unresponsive inside his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility and was later pronounced dead ...

Correction officers have been on strike since Tuesday, Feb. 18. Following the first inmate death since the strikes began, one ...

The state has temporarily suspended parts of the HALT Act, a law limiting how long an inmate can be placed in solitary ...

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where ...

New York’s governor says prison workers are being arrested today on murder charges in the death of an inmate who was beaten ...

Striking New York correction officers will be classified as absent without leave and face serious repercussions, including ...

An inmate at a New York State prison has died on Saturday according to the NYS Department of Corrections and Community ...

New York correction officers who continue to participate in an illegal strike will be considered absent without leave, ...

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Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

A state prisoner died early Saturday at Auburn Correctional Facility in the Finger Lakes region — in the midst of the ...