A prison in Western New York is in lockdown after inmates barricaded themselves inside two dormitory areas early Wednesday morning, according to the Albany Times Union. The lockdown took place at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County,

A state prison in western New York remained in lockdown Wednesday after inmates took control of three areas of a dormitory for several hours — an episode that took place against the backdrop of an ongoing prison staffing crisis and public rancor over the beating death of an inmate at a Utica-area facility.