NY Resumes State Prison Transfers, Relocating People Stuck In Local Jails For Months
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COVID-19 in New York's Prisons & Jails
State prisons in New York began accepting individuals from local jails again this week. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) suspended all transfers late last year to limit the spread of COVID-19, leaving in the lurch people who are sentenced and incarcerated in county jails.
Transfers resumed on Tuesday, March 30 with two conditions: county jails are only eligible for DOCCS intake if they do not have any active COVID-19 cases at the moment, and no person currently being contact-traced may be submitted for a transfer.
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