This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins spoke with Ify Chikezie, a staff attorney at the NYCLU about what a ...

The suit alleges that the strikes threaten DOCCS’s operations and jeopardize the safety and security of working correctional ...

A NYSCOPBA representative said there was progress made "on several issues" on Day 2 as mediators prepare to meet again this ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul once dubbed Hazel Dukes, the venerable leader of New York State’s NAACP chapter, “my mom on Earth.” But ...

DOCCS has temporarily suspended a solitary confinement reform law, known as HALT, after Hochul declared a state of emergency ...

New York State Police say they are working with DOCCS to to review evidence in the incident that led to a lockdown of Collins Correctional Facility.

Some state prisons have been “left unguarded” during an unsanctioned correction officer strike, jeopardizing the safety of ...

The New York Public Employees Federation has reached an agreement with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision that protects civilian staff who work in state prisons.

Troopers are providing "outer perimeter security" at select correctional facilities, according to the state police. This ...

The New York Public Employees Federation has reached an agreement with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision that protects civilian staff who work in state prisons.

The NAACP board said they are “profoundly disturbed” over the governor’s decision to suspend elements of the HALT solitary ...

Jermaine Archer found a lifeline in Sing Sing: theater. Now, the Brooklyn native leads the nonprofit featured in the ...