ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Colorado lawmakers overhauled the state’s system of sentencing and monitoring sex offenders in 1998, supporters described the lifetime supervision ...

Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation that enacts 10 changes to New York’s state-run prisons and local jails. The bill, A8871/S8415, comes after the murders of Robert Brooks and Messiah ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to ...

UTICA, N.Y. — A former prison guard in Oneida County was sentenced to prison Friday morning for his involvement in the death of inmate and Greece native Robert Brooks. News10NBC’s affiliate in ...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a Texas prison prompted an outcry from survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and some lawmakers. Since arriving in August, Maxwell has gushed to friends ...

New York State's Bedford Hills Correctional facility, Illinois' Pontiac Correctional Center and Albion Correctional Facility in New York State are the three U.S. prisons with the highest reported ...

Drones are an escalating security threat to prisons, officials tell ABC News. Two years ago, some health care professionals across the country began to receive calls from individuals they believed ...

During a support group at San Quentin State Prison in 2019, Rev. Susan Shannon invited more than 30 men into a circle. For weeks, the group had been talking about grief and loss. On this day, Shannon ...

Former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah was released from federal prison Wednesday, more than four years early from her 6½-year sentence, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson ...

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...

A drone carrying a gourmet holiday haul of food and contraband was intercepted at a South Carolina correctional facility early Sunday morning, according to state officials. The bundle, which included ...