Supporters of the union, which represents 30,000 prison employees, fear the move will worsen an ongoing staffing crisis.

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Hundreds of incarcerated people will be released early from NY's prison system due to staffing shortages following a bruising ...

Due to a projected $53 million budget shortfall, some prison programs will be reduced or cut such as in-person visits and ...

Tommy Middleton was accused of attempting to smuggle contraband into Fountain Correctional Facility, said a spokeswoman for ...

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks ...

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Disgraced ex-congressman George Santos could receive 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.

Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal ...

Four new prisons, which will open this year, are expected to begin improving the conditions of the 24,700 inmates, who are distributed in 41 prisons with a capacity to hold 15,000. Of these, 9,000 ...

A cancer team has won a regional award for its "massive" support to 200 prisoners. The Living With and Beyond Cancer team at ...

IT was with mixed feelings that Nigerians received the news of yet another prison break at the Koton Karfe Medium Security Correctional Centre in Kogi State. No fewer than 12 inmates escaped in the ...