The deaths were the first in 2025 to be connected to the Rikers Island jail complex, which may be taken over by a ...

Still facing a stubborn staffing crunch, the City Department of Correction will require officers to work mandatory 12-hour ...

Six New York prison workers have been indicted on charges of second-degree murder in the beating death of an incarcerated man ...

The man had a medical emergency while in a holding area at Manhattan court, according to the city Department of Correction ...

The New York City Department of Correction honored a legendary senior program specialist who worked for more than 57 years at ...

Still facing a stubborn staffing crunch, the New York City Department of Correction will require officers to work mandatory 12-hour tours in a number of city jails, a move immediately criticized ...

Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment ...

The director of research for the Empire Center, Ken Girardin, calls the situation ‘extremely dangerous’ for prison system ...

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where ...

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the head of the state corrections department are trying to use a combination of carrots and sticks to ...