The governor and DOCCS commissioner both maintain that the budget approves up to three prison closures, but the final number of facilities shut down may be less. Billy Joel cancels all shows after ...

A Feb. 18 memo from the DOCCS Deputy Commissioner of Administrative Services Darren Ayotte ordered prison superintendents to call in employees on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave as they ...

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return ... the people we serve in DOCCS facilities across the state will continue to face life-threatening harm," the Legal ...

It has taken over three weeks, but state officials announced on Monday that the strike by state prison guards around the state has finally come to an end. “The strike is over,” said Department of ...

DOCCS Response: DOCCS implemented the vendor package program upon recommendation of the Prison Violence Task Force, which members of NYSCOPBA sit on, that sought to improve facility security for ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- New York lawmakers from both sides pressed the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, or DOCCS, on recent state-prison issues. Commissioner Daniel ...

Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello told reporters Monday evening the strike was “over” and revealed that the prison guards who failed to clock ...

According to data from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), assaults on prison staff have increased by 86%, rising from 1,043 incidents in 2019 to 1,938 ...

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 ...