The county jail administrator is urging legislators to support a resolution calling on state lawmakers to amend the controversial HALT solitary confinement Act that led to some state correction ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the HALT Fentanyl Act on Thursday, per an announcement from bill co-sponsor Bob ...

SCHENECTADY — Schenectady County lawmakers on Tuesday are expected to vote on a resolution calling on the state Legislature ...

Changes to prison policy make their way through New York’s statehouse after 2 inmates died and thousands of corrections ...

The House of Representatives voted 321-104 on Thursday to pass the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act, a bill designed to impose penalties on smugglers caught moving fentanyl ...

Schenectady County lawmakers on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on state lawmakers to amend a law limiting the use of ...

The HALT Fentanyl Act makes permanent a 2018 emergency rule that classifies knockoffs of fentanyl as Schedule I controlled substances, which results in harsher sentences for possession of the drug.