Timothy and Quanzell Scholtz spoke about their family member Edward Sholtz, who died Jan. 5 at Wynn Hospital in Utica. The 22-year-old inmate from Syracuse was transferred there on Dec. 17 after he ...

The hostage handovers appeared to go relatively smoothly, unlike the previous one, which descended into chaos.

Legal Aid argues in its report a business-as-usual approach to lockups caused COVID-19 to strike jails and prisons at a much higher rate than among the general public.

Democrats accused of corruption are seeking relief from President Trump as he hands out scores of pardons and drops charges ...

A West Babylon man, who served as a former superintendent for the New York City Housing Authority, was sentenced Friday to 4 years in prison for taking nearly $330,000 in bribes.

Talk about a major adjustment. A New York appeals court has overturned the conviction of a woman accused of fatally poisoning her chiropractor boss — who was also the mother of her ex-boyfriend — ...

Before socialite Sante Kimes' decades of crime and deception were uncovered, employee Elmer Holmgren vanished without a trace.

In light of a troubling surge in incidents where prison staff have fallen seriously ill after exposure to inmates suspected of drug overdoses — most recently at Lakeview Correctional Facility on ...

Wendy Williams is headed to the Magic City for a special occasion. The former talk show host, 60, is currently under a ...

With a March trial date looming, the oft-delayed election fraud case of former Niagara Falls attorney and political operative Nicholas D’Angelo came to an end Friday after a plea deal with prosecutors ...

Bamber (pictured) is serving a whole-life tariff for killing his parents Nevill and June, both 61, his adoptive sister Sheila Caffell, 28, and her twins Daniel and Nicholas, six.

While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.