On Jan. 30, a slimmed - down Matthews, wearing prison greens, shackled hand and foot and escorted by a pair of state corrections officers, appeared briefly in the hallways of the Ulster County Courthouse en route to a holding pen where he was to await a hearing on his alleged failure to abide by restitution order imposed by the court last year as part of his sentence on two counts of grand larceny. (hudsonvalleyone.com)
A judge in Ulster County acquitted a New York State corrections officer of charges that he kicked an inmate so hard in the groin that part of his testicle had to be removed. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The state Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association slammed Cuomo's plan to make it easier to fire state corrections officers, criticizing its announcement less than two days after the savage beating of a New York City correction officer. (nystateofpolitics.com)