The inmate appeared to pop something in his mouth when correction officers approached him in a planned operation, a report ...

New York is lowering the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18 in an effort to boost the ranks of corrections officers. State lawmakers approved the measure Wednesday, and Gov. Kathy ...

Two years of probation for groping, three years of probation for rape. That appears to be the standard punishment for prison guards who sexually assault inmates at the state women’s prison in Cibola ...

A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the beating that was caught ...