The Department of Justice has released data revealing the amount of sexual victimization in prisons and local jails in the ...

The state government has earmarked up to $9.3 million for the Big Law firm's review of New York's beleaguered prison system.

Both decisions were made to take pressure off the state to fill positions that have remained vacant since thousands of correction officers were fired this year following a weeks-long strike over ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — As part of her budget passed by the state legislature in the spring of this year NY Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the closure of up to three of the state's 42 prisons. The first shoe in ...

Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone will close in early 2026 following a statewide review of New York's prisons, according to officials. The New York State Department of Correctional and ...

More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the past decade.