New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello announced in a memorandum that the state plans to release some inmates early due to staffing shortages.
“In view of the current staffing crisis, and in order to have the appropriate balance between safety and well-being of those working and residing in DOCCS Correctional Facilities and public safety, it is appropriate that I, as Commissioner, exercise my authority pursuant to Correctional Law Section 73, to move individuals from the Department’s general confinement facilities, into Residential Treatment outcome status,” Martuscello said in a letter to prison leaders obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Inmates eligible for the early release must be within 15 to 110 days of their approved release date. They must also provide a residential
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