By: Austin C. Jefferton: City & State New York
The prison population has halved since 1999, and staffing is in freefall. But Republicans say the prisons should get more resources, not less.
New York’s prison population has nearly halved since 1999, and there is a staffing shortage plaguing the state’s remaining facilities. But Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to close five more state prisons in the next fiscal year has still irked state legislative Republicans – who said the plan disregards public safety and prison worker livelihoods…