New York prison creates dementia unit
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In the day room, white-haired men in robes watch "The Price is Right." Out on the balcony, another looks through bars as he fidgets from side to side.
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How to prevent a sticky gunk from clogging up, and probably killing, the brain cells of Alzheimer's patients is the newest focus in the fight against the disease.
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The Center for Employment Opportunities provides former convicts living in New York City with temporary jobs.
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How neuroscience is transforming the legal system.
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Life in a residential Alzheimer's facility through the eyes of the low-wage workers who care for these vulnerable patients when their families can't.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults who are prone to emotional distress may have an increased risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests.
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New York's most dangerous sex offenders will be locked up in psychiatric centers after their prison terms end if a court determines they continue to pose a threat to the public, Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Thursday.
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Uncooperative Guantanamo Bay detainees  were regularly subjected to highly abusive treatment over a  long period of time, unidentified guards at the U.S. military  base, intelligence agents and others who worked in the prison  told The New York Times.
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SAN JUAN -- A high-calorie diet combined with life in the cell block -- almost around the clock in some cases -- is making detainees at Guantanamo Bay fat.
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New York's oldest prisoner Â an 89-year-old former heart surgeon convicted of killing his wife more than 30 years ago Â has been granted parole.
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Offered a high-calorie diet and kept in their cells almost around the clock, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay are becoming fat.
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A 72-year-old nonprofit organization in Manhattan runs job training and employment programs for people with disabilities or mental illness.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly people with diabetes  have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called  vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing  Swedish study.
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New generation of violent inmates blamed for growth of gang culture in prisons
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NEW YORK  - A new finding may explain how  stress could ultimately lead to premature aging.
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NEW YORK -- The correction commissioner walks down a long row of cells painted blue, his footsteps echoing inside the massive Rikers Island jail block.
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A new video-teleconferencing system is allowing prisoners at a major US military base in Afghanistan to speak with their relatives  -  the first time some detainees have talked to anyone outside the secretive facility in years