Former New York State corrections officers are eligible to be hired for local jobs as of Wednesday, as part of an executive ...

Thousands of National Guard troops are still supporting NY's prisons after a mass firing of striking workers in March worsened a staff gap.

New York State Senator Dan Stec and Assemblyman Scott Gray have introduced legislation for the reinstatement of 2,000 ...

The proposal to close five state prisons as part of the upcoming state budget has local and state lawmakers deeply concerned ...

Inmates across New York state with 110 or fewer days remaining in their sentence could get an early release amid staff ...

Mr. Martuscello has previously said New York had 2,000 unfilled corrections positions. The staffing shortages were ...

A $1.2 million settlement was reached last month in a 2018 federal lawsuit by an Auburn Correctional Facility inmate who said ...

NY's corrections commissioner has directed all state prison superintendents to create spreadsheets of inmates who qualify for ...

Auburn, N.Y. — A Buffalo man has won a $1.2 million settlement more than eight years after he said a guard brutally assaulted ...

A grand jury is set to begin hearing testimony Wednesday on the death of a state prison inmate, according to the Albany Times ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Oneida County has won its request for an injunction against Governor Kathy Hochul's executive order that stopped local agencies from hiring terminated corrections officers.

NYSCOPBA is calling for an "urgent meeting" with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision over "critical ...