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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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...