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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is set to begin analyzing state prisons as it considers closing up to three correctional facilities over the next ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In the New York State budget that passed in Albany earlier this month, lawmakers voted to give Governor Kathy Hochul "final approval" to close up to three state prisons. With ...

Note: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that the Department of Correction and Community Supervision is accepting inmates again. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 9—Despite Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul's pledge not to rehire any of the 2,000 corrections officers her administration fired in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Department of Corrections (DOCCS) announced it is creating a list of inmates for early release due to the ongoing prison staffing crisis. This decision follows a recent strike ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Daniel Martuscello, the Commissioner of New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), held a press conference on Monday on the correction officer ...