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Incarcerated individuals in New York state prisons could soon get the COVID-19 vaccine — with a cheeseburger and fries.

The states corrections department is giving each inmate a spending limit of no more than $10 to buy any of the meals if they get vaccinated against COVID.

The lives and service of two local firefighters recently killed in the line of duty were honored among many others at the 40th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

Auburn Correctional Facility is on lockdown after an incarcerated individual attacked and injured a correction officer over the weekend.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 5:28 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG — City council tabled a resolution calling on the state to address blight at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric center Monday for fears that the move might impact the state prison closures, which have yet to be announced. On Monday Deputy Mayor John Rishe garnered support from fellow councilors to call on the state to clean up the long vacant buildings at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center. ...

Bennington man charged with possession, promotion of child pornography WRGB Staff © Provided by WRGB Albany Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced that Michael Powers, 27, of Bennington, Vermont, was arraigned Tuesday, on multiple counts tied to child pornography. The charges are the result of a criminal investigation-including the execution of residential and online data search warrants conducted by the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (VT-ICAC), i...

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Tue, 07/13/2021 - 4:07pm -- tim Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan announced that Michael Powers, 27, of Bennington, Vermont, was arraigned today on two felony counts of Promotion of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, seven misdemeanor counts and one felony count of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, and one count of Resisting Arrest. The charges brought against Mr. Powers are the result of a criminal investigation—including the execution of residential and online data ...

New York is close to prohibiting the use of double-bunking in state prisons.  The state Legislature has approved legislation that would end the practice, which is primarily used in medium-security prisons like Cayuga Correctional Facility in Moravia. It has been blamed by the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, which represents corrections officers, for contributing to the rise in prison violence.  Double-bunking was often used in dormitory settings. In...

Lawrence Memorial Day parade canceled Lawrence Memorial Day parade canceled Lawrence Township’s first post-COVID 19 Memorial Day parade’s participants and spectators had to take a rain check, after township officials called off the parade because of poor weather on May 29. The parade, which township officials hoped would restore a sense of normalcy, was slated to kick off at 10 a.m. from the Lawrence High School parking lot. It would have followed its traditional route on Princeton Pike to...