ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision handed down new safety and security measures. That's because, according to a DOCCS spokesperson, an intoxicated incarcerated person bit a staff member during a use of force incident at Otisville Correctional Facility in Orange County on September 23.

The measures are responding to a "crisis situation" involving a "spate of illnesses to corrections officers and inmates alike from unknown substances." Department spokesperson Nicole March confirmed that three corrections officers and one National Guard member felt light-headed and experienced other symptoms after the bite.

That's why DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued memos to staff and the incarcerated population outlining a new pa

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