Gray urges Hochul to suspend HALT Act for 30 days
Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on ...
Prison strikes, protests continue across New York: What corrections officers say needs to change
Corrections officers are protesting — and in some areas, holding unsanctioned strikes — as current and former COs seek to bring attention to what they say are unfair working conditions and restrictive ...
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Independent mediator being brought in as correction officer strike reaches fifth day
An independent mediator is now being brought in to assist in bringing a resolution to resolve the correction officer strike, ...
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Amid strikes, Collins Correctional veterans explain the path to the 'boiling point'
Three long-time officers at Collins Correctional describe chronically low staffing levels, mandated 32-hour shifts and the power imbalance stemming from HALT – while bringing to light the ...
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Prison Strike Blog: Follow here for updates as corrections officers go on strike across New York
Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...
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'Start listening to us': Corrections officers on strike at prisons across New York
Corrections officers at prisons all over New York State are going on strike. The list now includes, Attica, Auburn, Collins, ...
Hochul calls on National Guard as strikes spread at N.Y. prisons
Strikes at NY prisons trigger lock downs, suspended visitations suspended and in some cases cots being brought in to provide ...
NY prison ‘riot’ erupts, all visits canceled at 42 state prisons as union strikes rage
Two inmates were reportedly injured during the troubles, but authorities have taken back control of the facility.
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Inmates takeover another New York prison, all visits canceled day after Gov. Hochul deploys National Guard
Dozens of correctional facilities canceled prison visits one day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order ...
NY prison ‘riot’ erupts, all visits canceled at all 42 state prisons as illegal union strikes rage
Two inmates were reportedly injured during the troubles, but authorities have taken back control of the facility.
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DOCCS commissioner offers compromise to end NY prison strikes
The commissioner of the state's prison system said he would meet some of the demands of striking prison guards, including the ability to relax some of the recent changes to rules regarding putting ...