Posted on 03/17/2022 12:36:18 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Correctional facilities in Rochester, Fishkill and Southport are among six New York prisons shuttering Thursday, amid diminishing prison populations and the implementation of key reforms aimed at curbing incarceration.
At the close of business Thursday, Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill and the Rochester Correctional Facility will be two of six that will close, adding to the 18 prisons that the state has already closed since October 2011. The Department of Correction and Community Supervision operates 50 facilities as of March 1.
People incarcerated at the prison have been moved to other facilities based on their security classification along with their medical and mental health needs, officials said. Others will complete their sentences and be released or granted parole.
The six maximum-, minimum- and medium-security prisons that will shut down this week, state officials said, had already been under capacity and were “no longer necessary” given declines in the incarcerated population. Still, some community leaders outside the wall of the prisons remain concerned about how closing the prison will affect the local economy.
Downstate Correctional: What's happening to inmates, staff as closure arrives
November: NY state prisons in Fishkill, Rochester among six slated to close
In March, there were roughly 30,000 people incarcerated at New York prisons, a sharp decline from the high of nearly 73,000 in 1999, DOCCS said in a monthly report.
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Prison overcrowding will be the next excuse for not prosecuting criminals.
“One of the prisons closing is Southport. BAD Super-Max Prison”
Hasn’t been for the past few years. They spent 20 million converting it to a “step down” program jail a year or two ago.
NY has made “solitary confinement” (SHU) essentially illegal. They now can only be put in SHU for a maximum of 15 days, no matter what the infraction is. Kill a staff member? Get outside charges and 15 days. Do you think a lifer gives a crap?
NY prisons have seen dramatic increases in assault on staff and the response from the Commissioner was to send a strongly worded letter to all the inmates.
We are working in much more hazardous conditions than we were in the past and it is only going to get worse.
But hey, some of us still get our 75 cents an hour hazard pay, so it’s all good, right?
What they need are reforms aimed at curbing crime.
My guess is the Left will say crime is down because fewer people are being arrested and prison populations are down.
Dims and libs will make excuses as the violent rises everywhere; due to them. Your job is to push back.
Update...
Rumor de jour: Prisons will be repurposed to house refugees.
Update. Looks like Deep State wants to close five more prisons...
Yup, that’s 5 more in addition to the six that were recently closed.
Rumors are running wild that the former prisons will be repurposed to house migrants.
Who cares? A more important question would seem to be -
How will it impact they safety of local citizens?
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