Federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, that Ghislaine Barrientos, a former corrections officer, has pleaded guilty to bribery in exchange for smuggling cocaine into Rikers Island jail.

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Correctional officers on Rikers Island refused to allow nurses to check on a 23-year-old woman for two days while she ...

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter spoke out Tuesday about the incident at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica, where Greece resident Robert Brooks died after being ...

Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday he has named a new head of City Hall’s hate crimes prevention office, more than eight months after firing his predecessor in a move that touched off a claim of ...

A Davenport woman is in the Scott County Jail after police say she struck another woman in the head with a club during an ...

Medical records reveal correction officers blocked medical personnel from accessing her cell six times before her death.