And the state needs a smaller, more modern prison to house and rehabilitate women who committed serious crimes. The existing ...

During the strikes, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) asked Governor ...

In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...

Governor Maura Healey's plan, which is nine times more expensive than a replacement pitched during the tenure of former ...

Both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature say they want the aging Green Bay ...

Douglas County officials say at least 50 percent of incarcerated people at the jail have a mental health diagnosis. Wednesday ...

Green Bay area lawmakers are proposing their plan to decommission Green Bay Correctional Institution by the end of 2029.

A former prison guard has pleaded guilty to submitting a false form in the beating death of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, according to our Utica NBC affiliate.

Wisconsin Republicans have allocated $15 million to study closing the century-old Green Bay Correctional Institution by 2029, ...

Utica, N.Y. — A third New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officer, ...

Marcy, N.Y. — A former Mid-State corrections officer admitted Friday to trying to cover up a fatal beating of an inmate in March. Joshua Bartlett has agreed to cooperate against others in exchange for ...

Marcy, N.Y. — A second former Mid-State corrections officer has admitted to filing false reports to cover up the fatal beating of an inmate in March. On Friday, Nathan Palmer pleaded guilty to ...