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New York is close to prohibiting the use of double-bunking in state prisons.Â
The state Legislature has approved legislation that would end the practice, which is primarily used in medium-security prisons like Cayuga Correctional Facility in Moravia. It has been blamed by the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, which represents corrections officers, for contributing to the rise in prison violence.Â
Double-bunking was often used in dormitory settings. In a prison unit that could house 50 incarcerated individuals, a top bunk was installed on some beds to increase inmate capacity to 60.Â
Anthony Annucci, the acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, told state lawmakers in September that they are no longer relying on double-bunking because of the decrease in the incarcerated population. According to DOCCS, the prison population has declined by 56.7% since 1999. As of May, there were 31,456 inmate
Jennifer Rossi
Special to The Citizen
Since its inception, Community Action Programs Cayuga/Senecaâs Food Recovery Program has been a force in tackling food insecurity and addressing emerging challenges through innovation and thoughtful collaboration. Over the past year, we have been flooded with images of long lines at food pantries, often only seen in history books, that have brought the largely hidden issue of hunger to the forefront. For some, it s no longer just the homeless man visiting the soup kitchen, it is hard-working families and individuals simply struggling to make ends meet.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a lack of access to enough nutritionally adequate food for an active, healthy lifestyle for all household members. Itâs a complex problem that does not exist in isolation and though closely related to poverty, not all people living below the poverty line experience food insecurity, and people living above the pov
A village in northern Cayuga County has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Cayuga County, while a specially designated zip code for a state prison has the lowest rate.
POTSDAM â Katherine Mary âKatyâ Hawelka â she was the peacemaker.
When Katy died in 1986, she was 19, the second oldest of four children raised in Central New York. Joe was 16, Carey 17, and Betsy 21.
âWhen somebodyâs passed, you always say these wonderful things about them,â Carey Hawelka Patton said. âBut theyâre true.â
The kind of sisters who are best friends, Carey and Katy were almost inseparable through adolescence at Henninger High School in Syracuse. Quarrels among the siblings were often broken up by Katy, whose smile was as exceptionally warm as her wit was sharp.
Graduating from Henninger, Katy headed 142 miles north to Clarkson University in Potsdam to study business. The day after arriving for her sophomore year in August 1986, Katy was attacked, beaten, raped and strangled outside the universityâs Walker Arena. She died three days later on Sept. 1, Watertown doctors declaring her brain dead and the Hawelka famil