New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the closure of an upstate prison but opted not to close two more prisons, as had been previously approved in the state budget, managing to anger both ...

The beating deaths of two incarcerated men at Oneida County prisons has spurred a package of oversight reforms passed by the NY Senate and Assembly.

An 11-day prison strike at nearly all of NY's prisons ended Thursday after an agreement was reached between state officials and the workers' union.