Greene County to hire ex-state correction officers
Greene County is looking to hire eight to 12 correction officers who were fired or left their jobs at state correctional ...
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Rikers Island Forced to Reopen Closed Jail as Understaffed State Prisons Refuse Transfers
Some 500 people waiting to be sent to upstate prisons won’t be moved until at least late April, THE CITY has learned.
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Ontario County chairman welcomes end of executive order barring correctional officers from public jobs
Ontario County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jared Simpson is applauding Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to let Executive ...
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Assembly Republicans slam early release plan, cite correctional staffing crisis and public safety risks
Assembly Republicans are pushing back hard against a new directive from the Department of Corrections and Community ...
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Hochul proposes new prison reforms in the face of staffing crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed new prison reforms meant to ease staffing shortages on Tuesday as part of state budget ...
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State prison workers, lawmakers rally against proposed closures
Corrections officers and support staff rallied Tuesday at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in opposition to a pending plan to ...
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NY prison commissioner says inmates will be released early to address staffing shortage
Some nonviolent inmates will be released early from prisons around the state to help ease the pressure of staffing shortages, ...
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes new prison reforms in the face of staffing crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed new prison reforms meant to ease staffing shortages on Tuesday as part of state budget ...
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Staffing Shortages Following Hochul’s Firing of 2,000 Corrections Officers Force New York To Release Inmates Early
With New York facing a staffing shortage crisis in its prisons, the state’s solution to help ensure an “appropriate balance” ...
Plans to release more inmates not well received by North Country state lawmakers
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 ...
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NY prisons to release inmates early due to correction officer staffing crisis
New York will begin granting early release to certain inmates due to a staffing crisis exacerbated by the recent strike and ...