Governor Hochul announced that 15 individuals have been placed on leave following the death of Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old ...

“At my direction, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has placed 15 individuals on leave in connection with the death of Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old individual incarcerated at ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has released a statement in regards to Messiah Nantwi, the 22-year-old inmate at Mid-State Correctional ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has instructed the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to place 15 individuals on ...

New York State’s corrections department is struggling to keep striking officers on the job, as it grapples with the fallout ...

A wildcat strike by correctional officers across New York state continues to escalate despite a mediated agreement that ...

State officials said they were investigating the death of Messiah Nantwi, 22, at an upstate prison over the weekend.

The inmate, Messiah Nantwi, 22, was pronounced dead at Wynn Hospital in Utica, NY. The DOCCS Commissioner Daniel III said 11 staff members have been placed on leave. DOCCS is seeking outside ...

The death of an inmate is under investigation at another Upstate New York prison. Authorities said Messiah Nantwi, 22, an ...

Lawmakers, families of incarcerated individuals, and those sharing stories of prison guard violence convened in Albany to ...

The man who died at a Utica-area state prison over the weekend was a 22-year-old accused of killing two people in Harlem within 27 hours, according to state ...

The agency said Monday it had launched a probe into the death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility.