Lawyers say the death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy ...

The death of inmate Robert L. Brooks, who was brutally beaten by multiple New York state corrections officers, has been ruled a homicide, according to a family lawyer.

New York's state prison system is under scrutiny after guards fatally beat an inmate in December, prompting protests and calls for reforms.

New York's state prison system is under scrutiny after guards fatally beat an inmate last month. North Country Public Radio's Emily Russell reports the incident prompted protests and calls for ...

Almost 200 state and federal correctional facilities closed from 2000 to 2022. A window in Ms. Pearson’s apartment at Liberty, the former Lorton Prison.Credit...Susana Raab for The New York ...

Letters from reformers in Pennsylvania and Ohio are included after his preface, as well as from New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. Following these, Powers gives an account of the construction, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — About 100 people gathered in a church in Syracuse Saturday, including the families of Edward Sholtz and Robert Brooks, to demand changes in New York state’s prisons.

Judge Juan Merchan did not sentence the president-elect to prison, and instead sentenced ... "This is a great embarrassment to the state of New York," Trump said, adding that the people saw ...

Dozens of protesters called Thursday afternoon for murder charges against corrections officers involved in the fatal December beating of an inmate in a Central New York prison. The protesters stood in ...

Kathy Hochul ordered state officials to initiate proceedings to fire the employees implicated in the attack. Hochul also appointed a new leader for the prison 200 miles northwest of New York City.