The Correctional Association of New York (CANY) is designated by law to provide independent monitoring and oversight of state prisons in New York State.
CANY, under §146 of New York’s Correction Law, is charged with visiting and examining the state’s correctional facilities to identify and report on prison conditions, the treatment of incarcerated individuals, and the administration of policy promulgated by the executive and legislature.
To better understand and increase transparency around the Incarcerated Grievance Program (IGP), CANY has analyzed administrative data from DOCCS’ public annual reports on the IGP as well as grievance response time reports obtained through Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.
CANY systematically compiles data on the state prisons and is now releasing relevant data to the public in the form of dashboards, processed data, and source data.
As part of its mandate, CANY releases Post-Visit Reports following in-person monitoring of select state prisons in New York. Each report includes observations, recommendations, and a written response to any findings and proposals from the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. CANY’s recent Post-Visit Reports are listed below and other reports can be found by accessing CANY’s Post-Visit Briefings and Recommendations.
