NEW YORK- The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision paid more than $255 million in workers’ compensation to employees during the 2026 fiscal year, a 20.2 percent increase from the previous year, according to an updated dashboard released by the Correctional Association of New York.
The dashboard tracks workers’ compensation payments and related workplace incidents across the state prison system.
The average workers’ compensation payout per full-time equivalent employee rose 36.5 percent in FY2026 to $14,832, the organization reported.
Workers’ compensation-related absences accounted for 93,184 lost work days across the statewide system during the fiscal year.
The total number of reported incidents declined by approximately 12.4 percent from the year prior, while staffing levels fell at a similar rate. Lost work days per full-time equivalent employee also decreased, from 6.1 to 5.4.
Among individual facilities, Marcy Correctional Facility recorded the highest rate of reported incidents, at 85.9 per 100 full-time equivalents. Mid-State Correctional Facility recorded 66 incidents per 100 full-time equivalents, followed by Bedford Hills Correctional Facility at 58.6.
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