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

New York fired over 2,000 prison guards this week for not returning to work after a weeks-long strike that disrupted the ...

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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.

A 25-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving drunk over twice the legal limit and crashing in ...

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

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

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.

The state and the correctional officers’ union agreed that officers should return to work Monday and that some provisions of ...

Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate Messiah Nantwi dies Civil rights leaders and a state lawmaker are calling for Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy to be shut down after the death of ...

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