NY FOCUS: Four Months After Guard Strike, Prison Staffing Crisis Persists

Radio Catskill’s Jason Dole speaks with New York Focus about New York’s deepening prison staffing crisis. Four months after a mass walkout led to over 2,000 firings, the state remains short 4,700 corrections officers and sergeants—forcing lockdowns, cutting programs, and raising safety concerns across the prison system. https://nysfocus.com/2025/07/22/new-york-doccs-prison-staffing-crisis-guard-strike