Note: Portions of this video could be disturbing to viewers ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Jan. 9, 2024, an Erie County Correctional Facility inmate and his girlfriend capped visitation with a kiss.

An inmate who was in Erie County's Community Works Program was serving sentence for conviction for pistol-whipping a woman, according to records Erie Times-News obtained in Right-to-Know case. Erie ...

Erie County government used inmates to remove snow in December without judicial approval. The county executive defended the program, stating it used "low-risk" inmates and followed internal vetting ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WKBW) — An inmate at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo is facing new charges after authorities say she assaulted a jail deputy on July 6. According to the Erie County ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former Erie County Prison corrections officer accused of punching a restrained inmate in June was given probation and community ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and Sheriff John Garcia released the results of a comprehensive assessment of the Erie County Holding Center and Erie County Correctional Facility ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Sheriff John Garcia warned legislators Monday that taxpayers would be on the hook for rising costs associated with a backlog of about 150 inmates who should be in ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — An array of allegations are detailed in a new report on conditions inside Erie County’s jails after more than a dozen clergy went behind the bars to interview over 100 ...

Weeks ago, an inmate hanged himself in the Erie County Correctional Facility. A corrections officer cut him down, and frantic efforts began to revive him. A prison employee phoned for an ambulance, ...

Erie, Pa (WJET/WFXP)– An inmate at State Correctional Institute Albion is dead after the prison said he was found unresponsive in his cell Wednesday night. SCI Albion said 25-year-old Andy Ortiz was ...