A state prison in western New York remained in lockdown Wednesday after inmates took control of three areas of a dormitory for several hours — an episode that took place against the backdrop of an ongoing prison staffing crisis and public rancor over the beating death of an inmate at a Utica-area facility.

An upstate prison was still locked down Thursday after guards retook control of three dorms following an inmate uprising sparked when a corrections officer seized one prisoner’s illegal cellphones. Prisoners at the Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County captured three dorms just after midnight Wednesday and held them for several hours until emergency response teams and other officers could retake them,

The embattled Theranos founder, who is serving a federal prison sentence until 2032, is speaking out about her life after being convicted.

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women.

An appeals court has denied the singer's challenge to his conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges as he serves 30 years in prison.

R. Kelly is staying in prison on his sex trafficking and racketeering convictions for the required 30 years. His request for appeal was denied by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday (Feb.

After three-and-a-half years of imprisonment in Russia, Butler, Pennsylvania, native Marc Fogel is returning home.

American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, freed by Russia after three and a half years in prison, got a flag-waving welcome from U.S. President Donald Trump at a snowy White House on Tuesday after a flight home from Moscow.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff secured the release of Marc Fogel on an unannounced visit to Moscow. LeeAnne Lowry