Timothy and Quanzell Scholtz spoke about their family member Edward Sholtz, who died Jan. 5 at Wynn Hospital in Utica. The 22-year-old inmate from Syracuse was transferred there on Dec. 17 after he ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and ...

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says they've heard from federal officials, asking if they have space for potential immigrant detainees.

Read about Holocaust survivor Felix Brinkmann, who escaped death in gas chambers, became a popular New York City disco owner ...

Even more staff at the NYSDOC Upstate Correctional Facility in northern New York were sent to the hospital for possible ...

An Elmira man currently held in the Chemung County Jail was arrested on Tuesday after the sheriff’s office said he had a ...

Eddie Marte, already serving a life sentence for a murder in Elmira, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in an unrelated ...

Stephen Pesesky was sentenced in Chemung County Court after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the 2021 stabbing ...

According to the Chemung County District Attorney's Office, 34-year-old Stephen Pesesky will serve 20-years in prison with ...

A local prison program, highlighted in "Sing Sing," has received three Oscar nominations: Colman Domingo for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Adapted Screenplay (screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg ...

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