New York State prisons saw strikes, prison unrest and correctional officer charges in the beating death of an inmate.

One civil rights complaint alleged that staff in a Buffalo facility retaliated against hunger-striking detainees through ...

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

Assemblymen Jeff Gallahan and John Lemondes, both of whom represent portions of Cayuga County, sponsored the portable toilets ...

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 ...

Men imprisoned at Woodbourne Correctional Facility said they had been denied hot meals and confined to their cells.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced plans to stage a sit-in and peaceful protest outside Adiala ...

Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years on end, is not the reality in New York state ...

Some are questioning the timing of these illegal strikes, saying they're really intended to cover up the fallout of the ...

Albay County Sheriff Craig Apple said the Legislature needs to reevaluate the solitary confinement law because it is making prisons more dangerous. The HALT legislation limits the amount of time that ...

The deadline has passed for prison workers to avoid repercussions and it seems like not many took the offer. The union tells ...

Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane ...