Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.

Utica, N.Y. ― Two former corrections officers pleaded guilty just before they were set to go on trial Monday in the fatal beating of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility. Messiah Nantwi, 22, ...

New York state agencies spent more than $1.6 billion on overtime pay in 2025, marking a nearly 23% jump from the prior year, due in part to a corrections officer strike and ongoing staffing issues in ...

A former corrections officer was found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal beating of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in upstate New York. The jury in Utica, New York, also ...

A former corrections officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal beating of an inmate at an upstate New York prison. Caleb Blair also agreed under a plea bargain Monday to serve 11 ...

Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Staffing levels are low. Rates of violence and drug exposures are rising. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the ...