Post-COVID Shifts in Prison Population • Message from the Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli
Over the last two decades, New York State’s corrections system has been impacted by several significant criminal justice policy changes. As previously reported by my Office, one impact of these changes has been a long-term decline in the prison population that has also contributed to an increased share of older incarcerated individuals (those aged 50 and over) …
As previously reported by the Office of the State Comptroller, New York’s prison population has been steadily declining since 2008, as a result of various factors including reform of Rockefeller drug laws in 2009; legislation enacted in 2017 to remove individuals under the age of 18 from Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) prisons; changes in certain State parole policies and procedures; and trends in admissions and releases to parole supervision….