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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...