the highest rate of self-harm, and one of the highest rates of recorded staff violence.” Sullivan Correctional Facility has been slated for closure alongside Great Meadow in November.

Last year, the budget authorized up to five prison closures; the state closed two – Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County and Sullivan Correctional Facility in Sullivan County.

After months of deliberation, state officials had picked the latest targets in a cascade of prison closures since 2011: Sullivan Correctional Facility in the Catskills and Great Meadow ...

The December beating death of inmate Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility was captured on body camera footage, ...