Dozens of correctional facilities canceled prison visits one day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order to provide National Guard members to provide extra security.
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DozensofcorrectionsfacilitiesacrossNewYorkstatehaveceasedvisitsasthesafetyofpersonnelgrowafteranotherrioteruptedinsideanupstateprison.
“VisitationinallDOCCSfacilitiesiscancelleduntilfurthernotice,”theNYSDepartmentofCorrectionsandCommunitySupervisionwroteinapostontheirFacebookpage.
ThelatestprisonunresthappenedaroundmidnightonThursdayinsidetheRiverviewCorrectionalFacility,accordingtoreportsfromWWNY.
Theoutletreportedthatdormsinsidethefacilitywereunderinmatecontrolforseveralhours,wherestaffsaidtheyfelt“unsafe.”However,thestatetoldtheoutletthatcorrectionalofficersvacatedtheirposts,leavingthedormsunsupervised.
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Theoutletlearnedthatasmanyas500inmateswerehousedin10dormitoriesatRiverviewafterspeakingtoseveralsources.Itwasals
