New York State Government Departments - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Education Department (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Education Department, New York State Division of Parole, New York State Department of Transportation, New York State Department of Correctional Services, New York State Department of Public Works, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, New York State Department of Health. Excerpt: New York State Department of Correctional Services item Operational structure item Headquarters: Main Office Building 2 W. Averill Harriman State Office Campus 1220 Washington Ave. Albany, New York Training Academy 1134 New Scotland Avenue Albany, New York item Sworn members: 23,000 item Elected officer responsible: Brian Fischer, Commissioner item Facilities item Prisons: 60 item Website item item Footnotes (URLs online) item * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. item The New York State Department of Correctional Services or NYSDOCS is the agency of New York State responsible for the care, confinement, and rehabilitation of approximately 63,000 inmates at 71 correctional facilities funded by the State of New York. The department employs approximately 31,300 workers, including approximately 23,000 uniformed correction officers . Currently, this is the 4th largest state prison system in the United States . The headquarters is located in Building 2 in Albany . The Commissioner is currently Brian Fischer . The Departmental Mission The mission of NYSDOCS is to provide for public protection by administering a network of correctional facilities that: History The New York State prison system had its beginnings in 1797 with a single prison called Newgate located in New York City. A second state prison opened 20 y...