Program Services

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Program Services

Overview

DOCCS offers an extensive array of programs and services for incarcerated individuals to assist them in redirecting their lives and becoming productive, law-abiding members of society.

Programs include guidance and counseling services, library and law library services, religious services, educational and vocational training, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, family development, and many others.

Programs Goals

Goal 1

To provide educational programs and vocational training, library services, counseling and treatment services.

Goal 2

To provide opportunities for religious practices, family services, and volunteer programs at each facility.

Goal 3

To provide continuous Temporary Release programs and transitional services to assist with reintegration.

Vocational Programs

A 45-minute look inside DOCCS' many vocational program offerings

Please note: This video was filmed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Program Services Photo Gallery Snapshots

Attica's Opera House performs excerpts from the musical "Show Boat" before a crowd of 150 offenders and staff

Nursery mothers and their babies at Bedford Hills CF performed musical spectacular "Rumble in the Jungle"

Five Points CF students at Cornell Prison Education Program art course "Drawing Space"

Reginald James is the first student to complete the Barbering License Preparation Program at Midstate CF

Riverview Correctional Facility's 2024 graduating class from North Country Community College.

Hudson Correctional Facility’s Harvest Now Program donated 5,892 pounds of produce to local food kitchens and pantries in 2024.

Albion Correctional Facility recognized two canines and their incarcerated handlers at its Canine Program Graduation, which helps the dogs possibility for adoption and provides emotional support for the incarcerated.

Eleven incarcerated individuals at Wallkill Correctional Facility participating in Corcraft's Correctional Industries Optical Program, passed the American Board of Opticianry (ABO) exam.

Glimmerglass Opera House at Attica Correctional Facility performed excerpts from the musical "Show Boat"

Nursery program participants at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility perform "Rumble in the Jungle" with their babies for volunteers

Five Points Correctional Facility Cornell Prison Education Program students take a course in "Drawing Space"

Reginald James is the first student to complete the Barbering License Preparation Program in 2019 at Mid-State Correctional Facility