Share ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday ... Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick is investigating the death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State ...

Amid the chaos of the 20-day wildcat prison guard strike, state investigators are looking into a supposed inmate petition circulated at Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo expressing “strong ...

The return of workers signals a possible end to a job walkout that began Feb. 17 and had paralyzed the operations of dozens ...

A group of states has reached its collective goal to get more drivers to use electric vehicles by 2025.More than 3.3 million ...

A 22-year-old is dead after hitting a telephone pole in Westmoreland, according to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.

The state and the correctional officers’ union agreed that officers should return to work Monday and that some provisions of ...

Commentary: DOCCS employees make up 15% of the state workforce but account for 44% of all workers’ compensation fraud ...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy is calling for another set of eyes when it comes to the corrections officers strike across New York state. This week, Langworthy sent a letter to Acting Labor Secretary Lori ...

A preliminary investigation found that up to nine correction officers may have contributed to Messiah Nantwi’s death, ...

Messiah Nantwi was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a shootout with police in 2021. He was also indicted on murder charges in 2023.

Activists are calling for changes in New York state prisons as state police investigate the death of an inmate from Harlem.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick will now lead as a special prosecutor in the investigation into the death of Messiah Nantwi, an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility who died ...