But a joint statement issued Sunday by Senators James Skoufis, Pete Harckham, Michelle Hinchey and Rachel May calling for ...

As strikes at New York prisons enter their 9th day, efforts in Albany to answer prison worker pleas have been voted down.

A local assemblyman has called for immediate action to address the "ongoing crisis" in New York State correctional facilities ...

As the NYS correction officers strike continues at NY state prisons, both sides are set to meet with a mediator today.

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Several State Republican Lawmakers are calling on Governor Hochul to repeal the Humane Alternatives to ...

New York State Assembly Republicans are ramping up pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to repeal the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, arguing that it has exacerbated violence and ...

The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...

Activists say the Visual Artist Rights Act covers the garden, which the city wants to destroy to make way for affordable ...

Republican senators and lawmakers in New York are expressing their concerns over the state-wide corrections officer and ...

Two buses owned by a company contracted to DOCCS and used to transport prisoners were damaged last week, according to state ...

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to ...