A prison in Western New York is in lockdown after inmates barricaded themselves inside two dormitory areas early Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld ...

Collins Corrections Facility was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning. New York State Police say they're aware of the ...

None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

Eric Schneiderman is advising the father of Brooks, who was beaten to death in an upstate prison late last year.

New York’s prisons are teeming with aging inmates at increasing costs to the taxpayer, and people are no safer from crime, ...

The building, with “Statue of Liberty views,” will house low-income residents and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

The new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart — begins play Friday with goals to break barriers in women sports and sports leagues in general.

Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) is Introducing legislation to make body scanners mandatory for incarcerated individuals as ...

Trans people face a heightened risk of violence when confined in prison facilities that don’t align with their gender.