Crooks using drones to smuggle drugs, phones, weapons
New York prison officials are sounding the alarm after drones dropped packages stuffed with cell phones, drugs and…
New York prison staff still impacted by HALT Act controversy
More than a year after thousands of New York State corrections officers walked off the job in protest…
New York State prison’s legal mail scanners are working one year since they were installed
NBC5 In Depth: New York State prison’s legal mail scanners are working one year since they were installed…
Corrections Officers Union Calls Prison Conditions Full-Scale Emergency | Local
AP MOHAWK, N.Y. — A union representing State corrections officers is raising concerns about safety inside prisons. The…
Mamdani admin to ‘responsibly’ shrink NYC jail population as correction officer ranks dwindle
The Mamdani administration is trying to “responsibly” shrink New York City’s jail population as decrepit Rikers Island fills…
New video shows guards milling about while Epstein a few feet away in his cell, possibly dead
A newly revealed surveillance video from the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s death shows the prison guards casually milling about only…
New York prison guard ‘did nothing’ as inmate was beaten to death: prosecutors
A New York prison guard who stood idly by as other guards beat a handcuffed inmate to death…
Brooklyn family demands answers after inmate is found ‘unwell,’ dies in Rikers Island custody
The Department of Corrections said 32-year-old Aramis Furse was found “unwell” in his jail cell around 2 a.m.…
New York prisons struggle to resume normal operations after officers’ strike
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Two NYC Correction officers attacked in 4 hours at same Rikers jail — one by menace accused of brutal subway assault: union
Two Corrections officers were attacked in a brutal four-hour span at Rikers Island Wednesday — including one guard…
Critics blast continued use of NY military in state prisons
ALBANY, New York (WWNY) – Three thousand New York military personnel remain in prisons statewide, assisting corrections officers…
Exclusive | City plumber, correction staffers top list of NYC overtime hogs
This amount of overtime is criminal. NYC Correction Department supervisors, guards and other staffers pocketed an eye-popping $363…