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A memo said the inspections were "not to invade your privacy or due to a lack of trust," but to instead keep drugs out of the jail

The mayhem started early in the morning when a corrections officer saw three detainees slashing an inmate

The injured CO suffered face lacerations, fractured cheekbone in the attack by a detainee already facing four charges of assaulting COs

Mail, not COs, is the "major source" of contraband smuggled into New York Department of Correction jails

Shah received a 6 1/2-year prison term for leading nationwide fraud as she accepted responsibility and promised to pay restitution

President of the Assistant Deputy Wardens/Deputy Wardens Association calls the plan “unfair, unequal and devastating”

“If you get 2 pounds of weed, it’s safe to assume it didn’t come in through the visit floor.”

Once the fire is under control, police property specialists will go inside and see what has been destroyed and what can be salvaged

During rounds of housing cells, deputies cut free an inmate with a sheet tied around his neck and the cell bars

The serial killer, already convicted of 11 homicides, took a plea deal for one of the five killings, avoiding prosecution for the other four

Black, Hispanic prisoners more likely to get cited for misbehavior

A Buffalo News lawsuit seeks to force release of video showing an officer kicking an inmate's head

Mayor Adams also thanked the “under-appreciated” correction officers who were spending their holiday working

The judge ordered the city to submit a plan to allow the DOC to hire wardens for jails from outside the department

"The multitude of plans, programs and promises the City has announced have not worked," the Legal Aid Society said