Though New York's prison population has been on the decline, a growing percentage of older inmates is leading to higher health care costs.
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As a criminal justice reform group calls for transparency, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision provided an update on…
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is planning to restart the Family Reunion Program in September after a nearly 18-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Citing the potential for more violence in prisons, the union representing New York correctional officers is suing to stop the implementation of a solitary confinement reform law Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in April.
Watertown Correctional Facility and two other state prisons in Erie and Clinton counties will close early next year, according to the president of the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association.
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has suspended testing of suspected contraband drugs in its 52 prisons — a decision the union representing New York's correction officers says will lead to more violence in the facilities.
A concerted COVID-19 testing effort at some New York state prisons shows that the virus is still a big problem and that continued widespread testing is essential.
Armed with data that shows New York's COVID-19 testing in prisons trails other states, advocates are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to conduct more testing in the state's 52 correctional facilities.
At the maximum-security Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Fort Ann, as of Sunday four inmates are sick with coronavirus and three others have recovered. Updated information is expected.
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision issued instructions to parole officers Thursday to suspend gathering urine samples from the parolees they monitor.
A state prison teacher has been charged with falsely reporting she was slashed by an inmate.
FORT ANN — State Police and DOCCS are investigating a prisoner’s attempt to escape from maximum-security Great Meadow Correctional Facility on…
RAY BROOK — The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association said teenage inmates choked and beat a correction off…
A Salem man who was sent to prison for up to 7 years for shooting the truck of a man who was turning around in his driveway has been released …
Joel O’Keefe, the repeat felon escapee who was scheduled to be released from prison in November, continues to remain behind bars this week bec…
Alexander West will not be eligible for early release from state prison under the state’s “merit release” program, despite his convictions for…
FORT ANN — State Police arrested three women for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the two state prisons in Comstock over the weekend, th…
FORT ANN -- A state correction officer at Great Meadow Correctional Facility was injured Friday when an inmate threw a cup of what appeared to…