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During the strikes, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) asked Governor ...
In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...
The charges stem from an incident at Marcy Correctional caught on body-worn cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice. Body camera footage released by the New York attorney ...
Utica, N.Y. — A third New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officer, ...
One of the correction officers indicted related to the beating death of an inmate at the Mid-State Correctional Facility has admitted to his role in the cover-up. Nicholas ...
The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...
After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy ...
Marcy, N.Y. — State prison officials have replaced the superintendent at a Central New York prison where guards fatally beat ...
By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The close of New York State’s legislative session in June is typically a sprint to pass long-considered bills before lawmakers ...
a 43-year-old Black man who was beaten on Dec. 9 at the Marcy Correctional Facility upstate in Oneida County. “This is a critical time of reckoning for New York State prisons. It is time to stand up ...
A new federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the prison guards accused of brutally beating and killing 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi while he was incarcerated, arguing his constitutional rights ...
A federal lawsuit accused NY corrections officers of fatally beating Messiah Nantwi, calling it part of a pattern of abuse ignored by officials.