Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

NYC Council is set to pass a bill for swift disclosure of detainee deaths at Rikers Island, aiming to increase transparency and address secrecy concerns.

A New York City Department of Correction captain was burned Friday night when her camera suddenly ignited. May 6, 2024 NYC Dept. of Correction pulls body cameras after one catches fire ...

The New York City Department of Correction is spending about $150,000 on ammunition and assorted firearms accessories. TNS “Common sense says that there dangerous people in the care and custody ...

Simmering tension between the New York City Department of Correction and its oversight body, the Board of Correction, erupted last month after the board released a statement decrying how the ...

(New York City Department of Correction via @jointheboldest / Instagram) The department said 160 officers retired in 2023, 368 in 2022 and 403 in 2021 — a total of 931 over three years.

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled that New York City Mayor Eric Adams' emergency orders suspending the HALT Act were ...

The New York City Department of Correction has officially stopped notifying the media about the deaths of incarcerated people. For years, the DOC’s media team would share a press release ...

A New York City correction officer accused of fatally shooting a teenager while off duty has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, prosecutors announced Monday. Dion Middleton ...

An off-duty New York City correction officer who allegedly shot a teen in the face was formally charged Friday with murder and manslaughter, authorities said. CNN values your feedback 1.

Newly appointed Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie faced her first public test in federal court on Dec. 14 after taking over for her predecessor, Louis Molina. Judge Laura ...