The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has updated its definition of an assault — a change the ...

Last month, a judge ordered DOCCS to limit its suspension of the reform law, called HALT, to temporary pauses at individual prisons and offer “detailed facts” about why those facilities warranted the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has implemented a new emergency regulation on scanning mail and proposed it for permanent adoption, so ...

Correction officers say new state data backs up their long-standing claims about prison safety and the HALT Act. The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association says figures ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — In the wake of an unauthorized strike by correction officers earlier this year, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and several unions ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Sheriff John Garcia warned legislators Monday that taxpayers would be on the hook for rising costs associated with a backlog of about 150 inmates who should be in ...

Hundreds gathered at Siena University on Saturday to walk for a cause that touches so many families here in the Capital Region. More than 426,500 New Yorkers are living with Alzheimer's disease ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Officials with the state looked back on the illegal corrections officer strike that started in February 2025. The strike ultimately ended in March, with 2,000 corrections ...

SHAWANGUNK, N.Y. — The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is investigating a second hazardous materials incident this week, the department said. At about 12:10 p.m.

Suicides in state prisons have soared in the last several years, and solitary confinement is a leading contributor, a new report claims. According to the new report from two groups advocating against ...

MALONE — Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone will close in 2026, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced Tuesday. Upon enactment of the state budget, ...