ALBANY — The union representing thousands of state correction officers issued a searing statement Friday saying that unsafe ...

Baltimore elected leaders need to better supervise a public works agency that too often treats its workers with contempt.

In the wake of staff shortages caused by the 22-day wildcat prison strike that ended in March, state officials will review ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has mandated that Vance County reduce the jail population from 148 to just 20 ...

The 2,000 striking New York prison workers who were fired this week are barred from working in county jails by Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order.

WRAL reporter Destinee Patterson explains why the sheriff's office isn't going to meet that deadline.

The case against Maya McIntosh underscores a method of contraband smuggling that New York correction officers have said has contributed to unsafe working conditions in prison facilities ...

ALBANY — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to ... especially when the situation becomes dangerous due to circumstances lik e unsafe working conditions in ...

State prison officials said they will re-evaluate ... walked off the job on Feb. 17 because of what they called dangerous working conditions. Under state law, public workers are not allowed ...

New York correction officers at 25 prisons, including Auburn and Cayuga correctional facilities, are on strike as they protest mandated overtime, unsafe working conditions and a slew of other issues.