New York’s top corrections official declared a “prison-wide state of emergency” Thursday and temporarily suspended parts of the HALT Act — which limits the use of solitary confinement — in response to ...

An independent mediator has been assigned to help resolve the prison guard strikes across New York State. The mediation ...

Thursday afternoon, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Daniel Martuscello, III released ...

Gov. Hochul has signed an executive order activating members of the New York National Guard to report to correctional facilities where officers are on strike.

Six New York prison workers have been indicted on charges of second-degree murder in the beating death of an incarcerated man ...

Protests were staged on Tuesday outside of six state prisons in Dutchess, Ulster and Sullivan counties – including Otisville, Woodbourne, Ulster State Correctional Facility, Wallkill, Eastern ...

The NYS DOCCS released a memo that it plans to temporarily suspect portions of the HALT Act until they can safely open ...

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

Two inmates were reportedly injured during the troubles, but authorities have taken back control of the facility.