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

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

New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello announced in a memorandum that ...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) said it will be releasing some inmates early ...

After firing more than 2,000 corrections officers for illegally striking New York State shared plans to release inmates early ...

Inmates across New York state with 110 or fewer days remaining in their sentence could get an early release amid staff ...

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is going to release some inmates early because of ongoing staffing ...

Facing a severe staffing shortage worsened by a recent strike and mass firings, New York will begin granting early release to ...

State Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) criticized a state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision decision to release certain inmates early to alleviate staffing shortages after the recent ...

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

State corrections officials are looking to release some of the state's imprisoned population early, a decision that's come as the prisons struggle to rebuild operations after a devastating, weeks-long ...

New York state prisons will release some inmates early due to a shortage of corrections officers following the recent strike and firings.