Local elected officials joined correction officers on the picket lines Saturday at Wende Correctional Facility to show ...

Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the HALT Act for a month in an effort to ...

Corrections officers are protesting — and in some areas, holding unsanctioned strikes — as current and former COs seek to bring attention to what they say are unfair working conditions and restrictive ...

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

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The correction officers strike against prisons managed by the New York State Department of Corrections is nearing a week in duration, is showing no signs of an end and is putting pressure on more than ...

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

The newspaper will return to its usual format when the technical issues caused by the cybersecurity event are resolved. In ...

The Decatur County Parks and Recreation has board approved a $10,000 contract with Premier Pyrotechnicans for the 2025 Independence Day holiday fireworks show. The aerial display will take place the ...

A sentencing hearing took a legal turn when the judge ordered the maximum sentence on a DUI-related crash with injuries.