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| Prisons congested, dangerous |
| By timesunion.com - Donn Rowe |
| Published: 01/21/2014 |
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On Jan. 1, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released its annual report on the state of New York's prisons. There was no fanfare, no news release or a meeting with representatives from our union. Instead, the agency buried its report in a dusty corner of its website. It would have preferred to not release it at all. Why? Transparency would get in the way of the Cuomo administration's shortsighted plan to close several upstate correctional facilities. If DOCCS did publicize its report, it would have to admit that New York's correctional facilities are overcrowded and dangerous. Every single statistic that measures violence in prisons is at a five-year high. There were more assaults by inmates on staff. There were more assaults by inmates on other inmates. And assaults were proportionately more likely to result in injuries. Read More. |
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