State Rep. Dave Prestin, a Republican from Cedar River, is among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for reform, ...

NBC5 is hearing from former corrections officers in the North Country who were terminated after refusing to return to work ...

In a hyper-connected world where digital tools are essential, the nearly two million incarcerated individuals in the U.S.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued an executive order that will bar more than 2,000 corrections officers who were fired for ...

Well over 100 people packed the Erie County Courthouse, all waiting on Judge Dennis Ward for an update on New York State’s ...

NYS DOCCS said the corrections officers' strike is now over, and more than 2,000 officers who did not return to work have ...

Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...

New York state's corrections officers appear to be returning to work Monday after more than three weeks protesting and ...

The department agreed to some of the officers’ demands but said that those who did not return to work on Friday would face ...

New York corrections officials are offering striking prison guards a deal to return to work. The commissioner of the state ...

Correction officers said the work stoppage was the result of increased violence and forced overtime in state prisons.

The strike, which began on Feb. 17 and spread to more than 25 prison facilities around the state, would end on Monday if 85% ...