ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections says their efforts to increase prison guard staffing are working. The department says that from the first half of 2024 to the first half of ...

As part of New York State’s newly approved budget, the minimum age to become a corrections officer has been officially lowered from 21 to 18 — a move aimed at combating a critical staffing shortage in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several former New York State correction officers are suing the state and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to get their jobs back. DOCCS started ...

New York is lowering the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18 in an effort to boost the ranks of corrections officers. State lawmakers approved the measure Wednesday, and Gov. Kathy ...

MALONE, N.Y. — New York State is set to close one of its prisons. The state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced on Tuesday that Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Franklin ...

NYS Department of Correction and Community Supervision Daniel F. Martuscello III, Commissioner, NYS Doccs, in his official capacity, NYS Office of Mental Health Ann Marie T. Sullivan, M.D., ...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s new definition of assault in prison unusual incident reports is being criticized by the New York State Correctional ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Multiple correction officers at Auburn Correctional Facility were hospitalized after two inmates allegedly attacked them. New York State Police said the incident happened on ...

New York State’s attorney general is out with a reminder on price gouging during the winter storm. Man crashes during Cobleskill police chase A man is seriously hurt after crashing during a police ...

A yearslong investigation into allegations that former state correction officers have been hired by local municipalities to ...