Staffing Shortages Following Hochul’s Firing of 2,000 Corrections Officers Force New York To Release Inmates Early

‘In the litany of dumb ideas I’ve seen over the years, this one takes the cake,’ one state senator says.

AP/Mark Lennihan
A guard tower and barbed wire fencing outside Sing Sing in New York. AP/Mark Lennihan

With New York facing a staffing shortage crisis in its prisons, the state’s solution to help ensure an “appropriate balance” between the safety of corrections officers and the public is to release inmates early. 

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