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

The father of Robert Brooks is speaking out following the indictments of several corrections officers charges in the beating death of his son.

A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day “Freedom Friday” and said ...

New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision says those continuing to strike are violating the state’s Taylor’s Law and are considered absent without leave, and will be docked pay ...

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

In a direct appeal to Gov. Kathy Hochul, members of the Assembly Minority Conference are calling for the immediate repeal of ...

The deployment of National Guard members to prisons amid a corrections officers' strike is creating staffing challenges for local law enforcement agencies.

Notorious 'drug kingpin', Mohamed Amra, known as 'The Fly' has been arrested in Romania after staging a deadly escape killing ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Mohamed Amra, a French fugitive known as "The Fly", who was freed by gunmen in a brazen attack against a prison van in May, was arrested in Romania on Saturday, the French interior ...

A fugitive French prisoner who prompted an international hunt after staging a deadly escape nine months ago was arrested ...

On Friday morning, a woman incarcerated at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County tried to get help. The ...

A wildcat strike by New York prison guards entered its fifth day Friday, before a mediator meets with both sides Monday.