DOCCS statistics show that inmate-on-staff assaults increased from 1,777 in 2021 to 2,070 in 2024. Inmate-on-inmate assaults increased in the same period from 1,107 to 2,982.

He said NYSCOPBA would be opposed to any closures. ... At the time, DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello attributed the incident to the state being down nearly 2,200 correction officers.

Tentative deal reached between DOCCS, NYSCOPBA over prison strikes. BY Jack Arpey and Luke Parsnow New York State. UPDATED 6:16 AM ET Feb. 28, 2025 PUBLISHED 7:36 PM ET Feb. 27, 2025 PUBLISHED 7:36 PM ...

Eighteen days after prison workers walked off the job, these terms come a week after a consent agreement between DOCCS and the state Correction Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several former New York State correction officers are suing the state and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to get their jobs back. DOCCS … ...

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Several former New York State correction officers are suing the state and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to get their jobs back.

But Chris Summers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, criticized DOCCS' plan to close more prisons as a way to address the employment crisis.

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old inmate fatally beaten by correction officers in central New York. The ...

A former corrections officer charged in the December beating death of inmate Robert Brooks is expected to appear in court today for pre-trial hearings.

DOCCS appreciates the patience and understanding of everyone as we recover, recruit, and rebuild." Public safety Chemung County sheriff identifies victim of fatal May 30 crash on Jerusalem Hill Road.