The Department of Correction came under fire Tuesday from a city oversight board for quietly creating a new high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate a law limiting the use of solitary ...

The Prison Policy Initiative's report reveals how disciplinary systems in prisons around the US make those facilities less safe for everyone.

The Department of Corrections also wants to shut down two state-run Community Corrections Centers, one of which is in Berks County.

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

New York’s prisons are teeming with aging inmates at increasing costs to the taxpayer, and people are no safer from crime, ...

A grand jury is expected Monday to begin reviewing the case of Robert Brooks. Brooks is an inmate that died at Marcy Correctional Facility in central New York.He was seen on body camera footage being ...

Prison staff will reportedly be guaranteed job offers at their existing pay and classification at a nearby correctional ...

Shapiro's predecessors closed three prisons over the past decade and opened one new one, Phoenix, in suburban Philadelphia. Shapiro's administration also said it would close halfway houses, called ...

As a result, Stonewall RCMP arrested the 30-year-old female suspect from Portage La Prairie, charging her with Possession for ...

None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.

Zambito covers energy, transportation and economic growth for the USA Today Network’s New York State team. He recently ...