The workers were allegedly in the U.S. illegally and working at a newly secured construction site at the jail.

A federal appeals panel on Friday halted the reinstatement of two independent agency members fired by President Trump, ...

Building on previously successful inmate programs, including the creation of a pre-release unit for women, a Family Support ...

An inmate has received the death penalty for the 2017 murders of several prison workers. On Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025, a ...

Fired state corrections officers can be eligible for other civil service jobs in Erie County starting April 10, says County Executive Mark Poloncarz. But there are caveats.

Last year, the Legal Aid Society, Disability Rights Advocates, and Winston & Strawn LLP filed a class action lawsuit against ...

Third defendant in case to be give death penalty On March 26, 2025, a Pasquotank County jury recommended four sentences of death for Jonathan Michael Monk in the Oct. 12, 2017, murders of ...

It’s been a little over two weeks since the correction officer strike ended. It resulted in more than 2,000 officers being ...

A Republican lawmaker is pushing a new bill that would seclude female transgender prisoners from cisgender women prisoners in ...

Hochul said the mediated settlement addresses many of the workers’ concerns, puts the state prison system on the path to safe operations and prevents future unsanctioned work stoppages.

New York state recently fired 2,000 prison workers who refused to end a three-week strike after a deal was negotiated with the correction officers union. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive ...

The mass firing of 2,000 New York prison workers who refused to end a three-week strike seemed to create a mass hiring opportunity for county jails in dire need of correction officers. But an ...