At Rockefeller's request, he was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates. Frank Smith was an inmate at the prison and acted ...

Thousands of corrections officers at dozens of prisons have been protesting working conditions in wildcat strikes across the ...

Corrections officials halted all outside visits to New York state prisons in the face of a growing jail guard strike and sporadic inmate unrest — as riots erupted at another upstate lockup Thursday.

Documentary about Attica prison riot and lawsuits to get compensation for the victims of these events.

The NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said that visitation at the Collins, Elmira, Attica ... prison system had become front and center after an inmate uprising occurred ...

In a brief social media message Thursday, the state corrections department announced a halt to prison visits “until further notice.” The Ogdensburg riot came about a week after officials ...