Russell Oswald

…to Commissioner of Correctional Services Russell Oswald, who visited the prison in early September but was called away before enacting any changes.

…were carried out directly between Russell Oswald, who was New York’s commissioner of corrections, and the inmates. Oswald entered the prison on the afternoon of September 9. He was accompanied by representatives of the media, giving the outside world its first look inside the prison. However, miscommunications between Oswald and…