The video above aired in a previous newscast. THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A former New York City Department of Correction officer tried to frame an inmate by placing a weapon in his Rikers jail cell, ...

This year is the 30th year that New Yorker Christopher Simmons has spent in prison. He was sentenced in the mid-1990s after a ...

Officers conducting an investigation of an inmate discovered 176 sheets of paper that were soaked with liquid synthetic ...

Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that three former upstate New York prison ...

Family searches through North Country jail ledgers recall a hidden history that shaped today’s ICE detention network.

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State officials deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.