Three decades ago when I began my prison sentence, corrections officers worked eight-hour shifts. Some did the work well and ...

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other ...

Prison Guard Murder Conviction Highlights Need for Large-Scale Reform In response to the Oct. 20 verdict finding a state corrections officer guilty of murder and other related incidents, trial ...

ALBANY - A New York National Guard member has been arrested on charges of selling contraband to state prison inmates at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County, a medium-security prison where ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final ...

A prison break massacre has erupted in Ecuador as inmates have murdered a guard and 11 others, with six officers also kidnapped in the fatal incident. Local media reported that a huge prison riot ...