With New York facing a staffing shortage crisis in its prisons, the state’s solution to help ensure an “appropriate balance” ...

New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello announced in a memorandum that ...

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks ...

In the wake of staff shortages caused by the 22-day wildcat prison strike that ended in March, state officials will review ...

More than 2,000 former New York correction officers could soon return to work in county jails after Governor Kathy Hochul ...

Municipalities in New York will be able to hire state corrections officers who were terminated for participating in the ...

New York State’s corrections department is struggling to keep striking officers on the job, as it grapples with the fallout from two high-profile inmate deaths and reports of violence at the hands of ...

Those guilty of class B-E violent felonies, sex offenses, and an array of other crimes will not be eligible, though Martuscello warned he expected a "large number" of inmates to qualify.

New York will begin granting early release to certain inmates due to a staffing crisis exacerbated by the recent strike and ...

An executive order in New York now prohibits state agencies from rehiring correction officers who were fired for not ...