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Thursday, April 25, 2013  It was 5:30 a.m. on Thursday April 18th when, inside a darkened barracks, a loud whistle blew.  As the lights turned on, 16 men yelling at the top of their lungs jump out of their beds and lined up at attention in their underwear. This is part of a daily routine at the Monterey Shock Incarceration Facility in a remote part of Schuyler County, about 15 miles away from the City of Corning.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The New York State prison system is coming under fire for not informing victims or prosecutors when it places a convict into an early release program.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The family of a Jamesville woman murdered back in 1982 is outraged that the killer is about to be released from prison.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  New York prison inmates awarded state university associates degrees are the first to graduate since prisoners' eligibility for federal Pell Grants was eliminated in 1995.

Monday, May 09, 2011  New York corrections officials say an inmate who raped a 12-year-old female relative in 1996 has returned to prison after an outcry over his eligibility for a heart transplant.

Monday, May 09, 2011  A review of state records has found that New York's prisons are running at about 88 percent capacity.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  UPDATE: The sister of a New York State prison inmate serving time for raping a 12-year-old female relative in 1996 says her brother has turned down a heart transplant.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  New York corrections data show 43 juvenile offenders were transferred to adult prisons last year, roughly double the number in any of the previous five years.