The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) has announced significant changes to improve safety, accountability, and operations in state prisons, following two ...

A follow-up audit by the New York State Comptroller’s Office has revealed the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) has not fully implemented crucial oversight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision needs to strengthen its program for housing recently released ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — In the wake of an unauthorized strike by correction officers earlier this year, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and several unions ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The Legal Aid Society claims that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ignored a court order on solitary confinement. This followed an ...

NEW YORK STATE (NEWS10) — Beginning on Saturday, May 24, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) facilities will only be open for visitation on the weekends. DOCCS ...

The New York state prison system is abusing “emergency” authority to gut solitary confinement reforms indefinitely, a new class action lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, filed by the Legal Aid Society on ...

NEW YORK STATE — Three New York State prisons have suspended visitation after staff and inmates got sick after being exposed to an unknown substance, the state’s Department of Corrections and ...

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act Committee released recommendations to amend the law to make it easier to make ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office announced it has been informed that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) will resume intake of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's suspension of taking in transfers is causing issues for the Erie County Sheriff's Office. Erie County Sheriff ...