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ALBANY — New York has amended several state laws to remove the word “inmate” and replace it with “incarcerated person” to refer to people serving pris...

ALBANY — New York authorities have lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from reading a book about the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility ...

BUFFALO — Fifty years after the revolt at the Attica Correctional Facility, unanswered questions still bother those touched by what remains the nation...

ALBANY (TNS) — The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association filed a federal lawsuit Friday that seeks to overturn a new ...

More than 200 employees of FCI-McKean have filed suit against the federal government, demanding back pay for overtime and hazardous duty for prison co...

NEW YORK — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough while he awaits potential placement to ...

ALBANY — Following a years-long push, New York is limiting the use of solitary confinement in state and local correctional facilities and banning the ...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio and Assembly Minority Conference members have sent an analysis to the Cuomo administration outlining detrimental impacts clo...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — There is an old saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” This year, the New York state Legislature is considering a ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Downstate attorneys and legal experts are suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health commissioner Howard Zucker for their failure to incl...

MARCY (TNS) — Thousands of inmates in New York’s prisons have yet to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, despite outbreaks and federal guidance that urges ...

ALBANY — New York suspended visits to state prisons starting Wednesday because of a rise in coronavirus cases among inmates and staff and in surroundi...

ALBANY (TNS) — While fewer parole decisions have been issued during the coronavirus pandemic, state officials say the decline is part of a larger tren...

ALBANY (TNS) — Reducing the use of solitary confinement in prisons could saveNew Yorkand its localities $132 million annually over the next 10 years, ...

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration has released nearly 800 parole violators and more than 2,200 felons convicted of non-violent crimes from state priso...

From a campaign stop for governor to needed men for war and peace, from a 50-year-old cold case to fighting for the local crime lab, here’s a look bac...

From getting through Ellis Island to Olean to one last war drive, from helping get POWs freed to not looking far for a bomb threat caller, here’s a lo...

LITTLE VALLEY — After a Cattaraugus County Jail inmate tested positive for COVID-19 late last month, tests were offered to all inmates and corrections...