Walter "King Tut" Johnson was sentenced to five life terms in 1997 by a judge who later released him from prison after 27 ...

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

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

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

A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day ...

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

Correctional facilities are not meant to be pleasant, but ours have become perilous for correction officers and even more ...

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

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) said an inmate has died at Auburn Correctional Facility in Cayuga County. Jonathan Grant was 61 years old and was ...

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 ...