OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - A former correctional officer at a north country prison faces rape, bribery and other charges. State police arrested 30-year-old Melissa Dixon of Heuvelton on Thursday.

A man incarcerated at Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg has died of COVID ... Of the 30,000 people incarcerated in New York, about 53% have been partially, fully, or fully vaccinated ...

As correctional officers at New York prisons continue to strike ... as they are jeopardizing the safety of their colleagues, the prison population, and causing undue fear for the residents ...

On Monday The New York State Department of Corrections ... The other five facilities slated for closure include Ogdensburg Correctional Facility, Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional facility ...

But in Ogdensburg, we know that there were ... So back in December, several corrections officers at a prison near Utica, New York, fatally beat an inmate. His name was Robert Brooks.

The decision to close the six facilities came as the prison population in New York continues to decline ... that close on Thursday included Ogdensburg Correctional Facility, Moriah Shock ...

Raymond Younis has been moved out of the maximum security unit at the Marcy Psychiatric Center to a similar facility in Ogdensburg in ... due to be released from prison after serving 16 years ...

The Ogdensburg riot came about a week after ... have been an unwarranted lockdown at the medium-security prison in Collins, New York, according to the Times Union. Officials are trying to figure ...