The incident happened around 1 a.m. when three dorms were taken over by inmates and the staff were removed, a union rep for the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent ...

A prison strike this year in New York has led to a staffing crisis that could lead to early release for an unspecified number of inmates. On February 17, thousands of New York state correctional ...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the prison was under control as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, During a lockdown, inmates are largely confined to their cells.

New York is struggling to bring an ... it has begun transferring inmates in prisons facing staffing shortages to other facilities. The crisis began on February 17 at the Collins Correctional Facility, ...

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said enough officers had ...

and sending them to inmates at various correctional facilities in New York from January 2023 until July 2024. It is unknown if any of those prisons are in Western New York. She faces up to 20 ...

(Submitted photo) NEW YORK - Assemblyman Joseph Angelino (R,C-Norwich) is standing in solidarity and voicing his support for the correctional ... and the safety of inmates in jeopardy with things ...

the 480 inmates make up 30% of its capacity, while the occupancy rate of Sullivan is at 75% in Feb. 2024 and its total capacity is 560, according to the Correctional Association of New York (CANY).

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez arrived at a federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting ...

Inmates have also been moved to different facilities depending on staffing levels. Newsweek reached out to Hochul's office for comment. New York correctional officers and sergeants continue their ...