About 15,000 nurses in New York City are on strike on Monday as the deadline passes for the state's union to agree to a new ...

The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Manhattan, claims that state officials use solitary confinement for minor ...

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Richard Scholl falsified time sheets to secure more generous retirement ...

Children as young as 12 are allegedly confined for weeks at a time with no education or human contact, a lawsuit claims.

A new report from a Queens state senator’s office contends that violence and racism are endemic throughout New York State ...

ALBANY — State Sen. Julia Salazar released a report Monday that asserts conditions in New York’s prisons remain dire, with inmates regularly neglected and abused, and correction officers not held ...

Conditions inside the Peach State’s penitentiaries are often “horrific and inhumane,” a Department of Justice probe found in ...

New York has enacted new rules that reclassify physical contact in state-run prisons into “assault” and “harassment” ...

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Richard Scholl falsified time sheets to secure more generous retirement ...

The state plans to install cameras in “blind spots,” following two high-profile prisoner deaths and extensive reporting about ...

Supporters of the End Prison Violence campaign rallied Monday in Albany, discussing what further changes need to be made in ...

Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State agenda has been met with criticism from both Republicans and progressives, who ...