The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them law.

It comes more than six months after Robert L. Brooks died at Marcy Correctional Facility following a brutal beating from correction officers.

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.

Four former correction officers appeared in court Thursday in connection with the death of Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate Messiah Nantwi.The officers, f ...

Robert Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York is seen bloodied as correctional officers detain him in prison on Dec. 9, 2024.

By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The close of New York State’s legislative session in June is typically a sprint to pass long-considered bills before lawmakers ...

Robert Brooks Jr., whose father was killed at Marcy Correctional Facility, applauded the reforms as "encouraging" and said, "the rampant abuses that occur by correction officers when no one is ...

After two fatal beatings, one at the Marcy Correctional Facility and a second at Mid-State Correctional Facility, New York's prison system needs scrutiny and action.

The bill includes proposals that would require cameras in all areas of prisons except showers and cells, and require more thorough reporting and probes of prison deaths.

Town Board members said they were not told by Supervisor Bill McKenna that a person they voted to hire for a Maintenance ...

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