Authorities accused Habib Ali Sharif of spitting on a nurse and threatening staff while incarcerated at the Erie County Prison in June 2024. Two weeks later, authorities charged that a lieutenant at ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Earlier this year, Erie County leaders proposed closing the downtown holding center and renovating the current correctional facility in Alden while also building additional ...

The Erie County Council voted 4-3 Thursday night to end its cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, effectively stopping the housing of ICE detainees at the Erie County Prison. The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Comptroller Kevin Hardwick told county legislators Wednesday he has “serious reservations” about the estimated price tag for a new jail campus in Alden. Hardwick’s ...

An Erie man is facing felony arson charges after city police accuse him of setting a fire in his East 38th Street business, ...