A New York State prison guard is suing the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, claiming she ...

Prison staff in New York will be required to comply with a controversial law following an order from an Albany Supreme Court ...

A New York corrections officer has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) ...

A state law that bars the extended use of solitary confinement in state prisons, and mandates hours of out-of-cell time and rehabilitative programming, hasn't been enforced equally at every facility ...

A State law sharply limiting solitary confinement in the prisons was suspended during prison guards’ wildcat strike earlier ...

In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...

A state law that bars the extended use of solitary confinement in state prisons, and mandates hours of out-of-cell time and ...

A Supreme Court judge in Albany has temporarily restored the HALT Act, the policy that limits solitary confinement which ...

DOCCS said they will “continue to resolve any outstanding issues involving members on pre-approved leave for FMLA, worker’s compensation, paid parental leave, long-term sick, bereavement, sick ...

As part of this year’s budget negotiations, Hochul has proposed a more modest expansion of merit time eligibility. While the DOCCS proposal would only exclude people convicted of Class A felonies or ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is set to begin analyzing state prisons as it considers closing up to three correctional facilities over the ...

DOCCS on Monday reported that there are more than 1,000 cases in its prisons and parole system. There are 794 employees, 211 inmates and 32 paroles who have tested positive for COVID-19.