New York is lowering the minimum hiring age for prison guards in an effort to boost the ranks of corrections officers.

The shortage was exacerbated by the firing of more than 2,000 guards after a weekslong strike crippled the state’s prison ...

Allowing 18-year-olds to become state correction officers could help New York address severe understaffing, provided there is ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York State Senator Dan Stec and Assemblyman Scott Gray have introduced legislation for the reinstatement of 2,000 correction officers who were fired after the ...