A former Marcy Correctional Facility inmate is suing the prison, a correction officers and several others for planting drugs on him.The one officer named in this suit admitted to doing the crime and ...

"The staffing issue in the Department of Corrections is the number one issue in the state of New York of any agency we have," said NYS Sen. Robert Rolison (R-39th District), while questioning NYDOCCS ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail.

The current law allows the state prison system to work with ICE to take custody of people convicted of a felony who have finished out their terms.

A former NYC Board of Corrections member Julio Medina, who was also CEO of a firm called Exodus, has been indicted for ...

New York prison locked down as inmates overtake dorms. Officers have been pulled from those areas and emergency response ...

The Department of Correction came under fire Tuesday from a city oversight board for quietly creating a new high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate a law limiting the use of solitary ...

The New York City Department of Correction is hiring for multiple positions, including non-uniform opportunities in ...

During his 25 years in prison, Lucas Whaley found renewed purpose as a student, earning 247 credits and a degree through the Cornell Prison Education Program.

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.

Leaders of the union representing thousands of N.Y. correction officers issued a vote of "no confidence" this week for ...