The death of a 16-year-old girl in foster care was preventable, according to advocates who said there are gaps that prevent children from receiving adequate care and necessary services. Kanaiyah Ward, ...

Utica, N.Y. — A Central New York corrections officer was sentenced in Utica to prison Monday, the first guard who admitted beating an inmate who died last year. Christopher Walrath, 36, was sentenced ...

UTICA, N.Y. — A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the beating ...

Utica, N.Y. — A jury found a former New York state corrections officer guilty in the brutal beating death of an inmate last winter in a Central New York prison, while acquitting two other ...

A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the beating that was caught ...