ALBANY, N.Y. – Gov. Kathy Hochul is advocating for younger people to gain experience working in state prisons as part of ongoing state budget negotiations.
Hochul said she would like to see people as young as 18 gaining experience in this field.
Currently, the minimum age to become a corrections officer is 21. The New York State Department of Corrections is facing a staffing crisis after more than 2,000 guards were fired following an unauthorized prison guard strike in February and March…