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.

An autopsy report has ruled Robert L. Brooks' death as a homicide. The cause of death is listed as "compression of the neck and multiple blunt impact injuries." ...

The number of incarcerated people nationwide has declined, and almost 200 correctional facilities have closed in the past 20 ...

Susana Raab for The New York Times In New York State alone, the inmate population ... And then there’s the question of the prison’s history. “They do executions on site; they have for ...

to demand changes in New York state’s prisons. The rally featured over 10 speakers, most of who either had loved ones in the state corrections system or had been incarcerated themselves.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York State Board of Parole has once again denied early release for a Staten Island man ...

Utica, N.Y. — An inmate who was badly injured last month at a Central New York state prison has died, his family said. The inmate, Edward Sholtz, 22, died Sunday at Wynn Hospital in Utica ...

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 ...

The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is contemplating filing charges against Tompkins County Sheriff Derek ...

Smoke billowed from the windows of part of the prison as burn ... Directly responsible for what will happen at the state penitentiary is the new warden, Harvey Winans, who has only been on ...