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A preliminary investigation found that up to nine correction officers may have contributed to Messiah Nantwi’s death, ...

NY sheriff's association wants Gov. Kathy Hochul to reverse course on prohibiting 2K correction officers from ever working ...

Messiah Nantwi was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a shootout with police in 2021. He was also indicted on murder charges in 2023.

DA William Fitzpatrick appointed a special prosecutor because the AG's office represents some of the guards in civil lawsuits ...

Activists are calling for changes in New York state prisons as state police investigate the death of an inmate from Harlem.

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

The family and friends of Robert Brooks, a man killed by prison guards in New York State, will gather at a town hall this ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Advocates rallied in Harlem after Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old Bronx man died at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Central New York last week. Reports suggest his ...

The maternal aunt of a 22-year-old Harlem man who died in an upstate prison after an altercation with correction officers that is under criminal investigation demanded answers Friday.

Here in New York, more than 2,000 prison guards who joined a wildcat strike have been fired for failing to return to work by ...

The state and the guards union struck a deal to end the strike, but it was contingent on at least 85% of staff returning to ...