"This watchdog is a lapdog right now," Assembly Member Emily Gallagher, D-Brooklyn, said of the state’s Commission on ...

The cost of the project is almost double previous estimates. The majority will be paid by state and other funding sources, ...

The report, which spanned more than 150 pages, is a sweeping and captivating look at the events that set the historic escape in motion.

Dozens of New York lawmakers are demanding that the Department of Corrections to reinstate provisions of the controversial ...

The fatal beatings in recent months of inmates Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi by prison staff, as well as the March wildcat ...

A Manhattan federal judge ordered the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to pay $2.5 million to the attorneys of officers who were denied religious accommodations to have ...

The United Nation’s Mandela Laws defines solitary confinement as 22 hours or more a day “without meaningful human contact.” ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is set to begin analyzing state prisons ...

A group of 55 state legislators sent a letter Tuesday to the state prisons commissioner urging him to discontinue the ...

New York's 22-day correction officer strike stressed out Gov. Kathy Hochul more than any other time in her tenure, leaving ...

As a person incarcerated in Elmira Correctional Facility, I see New York prioritizing prison labor over family visits.

The governor and DOCCS commissioner both maintain that the budget approves up to three prison closures, but the final number ...