ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong ...

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 ...

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

The chaos engulfing an ongoing prison strike continued Friday as many correction officers declined to return to work at more ...

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick was appointed Thursday as a special prosecutor to investigate the death Saturday of an inmate who was housed at a Central New York state prison.

Messiah Nantwi was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a shootout with ...

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.

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 ...

The maternal aunt of a 22-year-old Harlem man who died in an upstate prison after an altercation with correction officers that is under criminal investigation demanded answers Friday.

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

Just over a week after six corrections officers were indicted for the death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility, ...