Earlier this spring, violence broke out in the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina, resulting in seven deaths and many injuries. Incarcerated leaders in the South Carolina prison system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A committee formed after this year's strike by New York correction officers to review the use of solitary confinement in state ...

Columbia, SC (Greenville News) — South Carolina prison officials said they are prepared if inmates take part in a nationwide prison strike called to draw attention to prison conditions in the wake of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MALONE — On Feb. 17, 2025, correction officers across New York started a 22-day strike that led to the firing of more than 2,000 ...

ALBANY – Upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to come clean about this year’s massive corrections workers strike and whether she knew about the brewing “powder keg” in state ...

Overtime spending by state agencies jumped nearly 23% compared to the prior year. New York state agencies spent more than $1.6 billion on overtime pay in 2025, marking a nearly 23% jump from the prior ...