Attacks on law-abiding correctional officers by inmates are becoming all-too-routine news items across this region and New York state in recent months. This week’s lockdown at Collins is one more ...

Many New York State Department of Corrections workers are worried about potential staffing cuts at every state prison.

Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she will not run for reelection in 2026. CBS News political ...

Andrew Lester, 86, pleaded guilty earlier today to a lesser charge of second-degree assault, in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl.

Syracuse, N.Y. — At least nine prison employees will be charged next week in sealed indictments issued by a grand jury in the ...

A grand jury in Oneida County has handed up charges against correction officers involved in the Dec. 9 beating of an inmate ...

A grand jury in Oneida County has handed up a sealed indictment against corrections officers involved in the beating death of ...

Texas law bans nearly all abortions and threatens abortion providers with up to life in prison and $100,000 fines. New York ...

A civil rights action lawsuit has been filed in Oneida County Court of Claims alleging excessive force, false imprisonment, ...

A lawsuit filed in December claims that three corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility "planted drugs" on an ...

Dr Margaret Carpenter allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion pills to the minor's mother in Louisiana, where abortion is ...