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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said one of its buses was set on fire and another was vandalized at a Cayuga County shop.

An inmate at an upstate New York facility died early Saturday as an illegal guard strike at prisons across the state hits its ...

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

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

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