New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks ...

Marcy, N.Y. — Two state corrections officers put on leave after the death of an inmate this month were involved in an ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to release some inmates early because the state doesn’t have enough corrections officers is ...

In the wake of staff shortages caused by the 22-day wildcat prison strike that ended in March, state officials will review ...

It costs New York state more than $100 million per month for having the National Guard in and around state prisons, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Kathy Hochul has deployed just under 7,000 National Guard soldiers to guard duty in 41 of the state's 42 prison facilities with no firm end date in sight, a situation some close to the situation ...

NY's corrections commissioner has directed all state prison superintendents to create spreadsheets of inmates who qualify for ...

Kathy Hochul’s administration has declared an ... Monday evening the strike was “over” and revealed that the prison guards who failed to clock in Monday were canned.

With New York facing a staffing shortage crisis in its prisons, the state’s solution to help ensure an “appropriate balance” ...

A New York lawmaker is calling on the state to repeal the HALT Act, a controversial law at the center of the recent prison guard strike, which ended this week after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) fired ...

In a memo Monday, corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello directed prison leaders ... agencies from hiring guards who were fired for striking. A spokeswoman for Hochul said the governor ...

Hochul deployed the National Guard as she has weighed transferring prisoners out of state to address the Empire State’s mounting prison guard shortage. She also closed two prisons last year and ...