A drone flew over the grounds of an upstate New York prison over the weekend in an attempt to smuggle contraband, officials ...

A former Mid-State Corrections Officer pleaded guilty to his involvement in the fatal beating of an inmate.

A correction officer at the Auburn Correctional Facility was stabbed three times with a homemade ice pick-style weapon by an ...

Nearly a year after promising change following the arrest of Ryan Pontello, a local lawmaker says legislation aimed at updating New York’s sex offender classifi ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Have you seen this man? Syracuse Police are asking for the public’s help in finding 50-year-old ...

A "persistent violent felony offender" was sentenced for attacking a guard while serving time at Attica Correctional Facility, according to prosecutors.

The New York State Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday that they seized a drone containing contraband flying ...

A Pearl River woman accused in federal court of helping her spouse operate a sex trafficking ring was once in charge of a ...

Albany lawmakers on Monday rolled out a bill that would subject corrections officers to randomized full-body scanner checks ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Republicans in the state Assembly are seeking amendments to the statute governing the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, where conditions continue to fuel a staffing crisis.

A drone was used in an attempted contraband smuggling operation at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York, raising fresh concerns over emerging security threats in correctional ...