Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical ...

Levi Aron, the man convicted in the horrific 2011 murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn, has died. The New York ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision extended its overtime rate of 2.5 times regular pay until May 9. The extension comes as DOCCS works to ...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced Tuesday that Collins Correctional Facility will be consolidated, and Bare Hill Correctional Facility in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's suspension of taking in transfers is causing issues for the Erie County Sheriff's Office. Erie County Sheriff ...

New York State is set to close one of its prisons. The state's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced on Tuesday that Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Franklin County will ...

New York prisons have lost nearly 20% of their correction officers in four months, according to a new report released by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. In its monthly ...

The state government has earmarked up to $9.3 million for the Big Law firm's review of New York's beleaguered prison system.

A former police officer in Glens Falls has been arrested. Homeless man's death outside airport highlights life-saving role of Code Blue shelters The death of a 21-year-old homeless man found outside ...