The Erie County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday that a Buffalo man who was accused of killing a young mother and her infant son, was found dead at the Erie County Correctional Facility.

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 ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — The Erie County Legislature approved amendments to the 2026 budget proposals on Monday during a special session. Perhaps the biggest change to the budget, plans to bond $20M for ...

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 Executive Brenton Davis has proposed $50,000 to continue his inmate Community Works Program in 2026. The program faces scrutiny from several Erie County Council members over its legality, ...

More than half the people in jail or prison in the U.S. have been diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD). By law, inmates in New York State with opioid use disorder must be provided with ...

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 man who allegedly strangled his girlfriend to death and killed his newborn baby in their Buffalo home in October died in jail on Wednesday. The Erie County ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A group of clergy members released the first independent public report examining conditions inside Erie County's two correctional facilities, offering both praise and ...

Two audits released this week by the Erie County Comptroller's Office have found no evidence that private money owned, earned and used by county jail inmates is being stolen or spent unlawfully by ...