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Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said the lack of a state budget and meaningful progress toward cutting a more than $250 billion spending plan offered by D...

EMPORIUM, Pa. — Former Cameron County school teacher and wrestling coach Larry McGraw was sentenced to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child po...

ALBANY — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state's ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — The union representing striking corrections officers andNew York statemade a deal Saturday to end the weeks-long strike . The agreeme...

NEW YORK — Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of a man incarcerated in New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced ...

Recent statements put out by our elected representatives have left me feeling disheartened, as it seems that our representatives in Albany are upset t...

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards stretched into a third week Monday, prompting officials to start firing workers for failing to abide ...

A tentative agreement has been reached to end a wildcat strike that has disrupted the state's prison system for more than a week — causing Gov. Kathy ...

COXSACKIE — A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections...

State corrections officers were picketing Monday outside Collins Correctional Facility and another Southern Tier prison in what the officers called a ...

OLEAN —The African American Center for Cultural Development is hosting events to mark Black History Month. On Sunday at 2 p.m., the documentary "13th"...

ALFRED — Two Alfred University librarians have received a prestigious award from the South Central Regional Library Council for their research into th...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

Violence in state prisons has reached another record high, and there are no signs this growing crisis will slow down anytime soon. Inmate-on-inmate as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Portville woman was among 39 Americans receiving pardons from President Joe Biden, who is also commuting the sentences of roughly ...

Sen. Tom O’Mara’s recent critique of New York’s Clean Slate Act misrepresents its scope, intent and societal benefits. He claims the law indiscriminat...

BELMONT — A Wellsville man was sentenced Monday to four years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for drug crimes commi...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County legislators are making known their dissatisfaction with New York state concerning the release of Edward Kindt follo...