Walter "King Tut" Johnson was sentenced to five life terms in 1997 by a judge who later released him from prison after 27 ...

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of ...

According to DOCCS, the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility on Saturday, Feb. 22.

After nearly a week of prison strikes across the state of New York, including in the North Country, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) tells NBC5 that for every day ...

Striking New York correction officers will be classified as absent without leave and face serious repercussions, including ...

The state has temporarily suspended parts of the HALT Act, a law limiting how long an inmate can be placed in solitary ...

An inmate at an upstate New York facility died early Saturday as an illegal guard strike at prisons across the state hits its ...

In a direct appeal to Gov. Kathy Hochul, members of the Assembly Minority Conference are calling for the immediate repeal of ...

An inmate at a New York State prison has died on Saturday according to the NYS Department of Corrections and Community ...

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The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said one of its buses was set on fire and another was vandalized at a Cayuga County shop.