Included in New York's 2025-26 state budget is a plan to close three prisons in a continued effort to reform the state's prison system. 

Gov. Kathy Hochul isn't saying which prisons will be closed, but stresses that the effort will not lead to job losses.

The prison system has been experiencing a staffing crisis and the governor has pushed to address the issue in the spending plan. 

"When any prison is closed, there will be no job losses. I need every single person who is a corrections officer to transition either to an adjoining facility or to have consolidations," Hochul said last week. "So that's my focus right now and making sure we look at the economics of what we're doing. The prison population, the demand and a lot of other variables."

Hochul's initial proposal was closing up to five prisons, which was supported by state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Daniel Martuscello.

The state budget was finalized by lawmakers last week.

The efforts come two months after the 22-day correction officer strike. 

Last year, similar language in the budget allowed for two upstate prison closures — Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Washington County, and Sullivan Correctional Facilities, in Sullivan County —  citing the declining incarcerated population, among other things.