In 2015, former prison worker Joyce Mitchell admitted to facilitating a “Shawshank Redemption”-style escape
A federal grant announced Friday will help people who might otherwise go to jail improve their lives instead
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NYSCOPBA President Michael Powers said prison closures would create a 'powder keg of violence' due to overcrowding
M. Licon-Vitale, the former head of the federal prison in Danbury, Conn., was appointed acting warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Center
New edict is aimed at creating a “culture of mutual respect” in NYC’s jails
The officer tested above the DOC's legal limit for morphine in 2016 after eating a poppy seed bagel before a drug test
DOC Deputy Commissioner for Health Affairs Nichole Adams-Flores, who is black, says she's been frozen out of important duties by white and Asian colleagues
The attacks all happened in October, during the chaos that erupted after the center started taking in 16- and 17-year-old inmates from Rikers Island
“This case illustrates the ongoing fight to dismantle the brutal criminal network, which has its hub in Rikers Island, and shows how dangerous this battle can be for our law enforcement officers,” said Bronx DA Darcel Clark
The city plans to return to its earlier plan to expand its existing lower Manhattan jail, the Manhattan Detention Complex
The officers were pushed and punched in the face trying to control a group of inmates
New program will offer services including 12-step programs, employment counseling, mental health services
Almost 45 years after, a historian's new account names troopers and Attica COs that investigators believe may be involved
The ceremony is the culmination of eight weeks of intense classroom, firearms, and hands-on training to prepare these newly hired Officers for their career in corrections
Correction Officer Daniel Leites, 32, spotted Joanne Velasquez, 59, wearing a black T-shirt and walking aimlessly near the Queens Center mall at around 9:30 p.m.
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