The two murderers who escaped from a US jail used hacksaw blades supplied by an enamored prison worker and equipment stolen from a toolbox left by construction workers, officials said. Richard Matt, ...

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The former prison tailor who helped two killers escape a maximum-security New York prison was released Thursday after more than four years behind bars. Joyce Mitchell, 55, was released ...

According to recent press, Joyce Mitchell, who has admitted to helping prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat strategize their escape,[1] told investigators that escapee Richard Matt made her feel ...

The dramatic 2015 prison break at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, which involved a onetime City of Tonawanda resident, will be the focus of a Lifetime movie in April. "NY Prison Break: ...

Staffing shortages at New York prisons have worsened, morale among guards remains low, and the lives of incarcerated people are still disrupted six months after a wildcat prison strike ended. And ...

Hochul directed the closure of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, a prison roughly 350 miles north of the city with 1,400 beds, ...