The state has temporarily suspended parts of the HALT Act, a law limiting how long an inmate can be placed in solitary ...

State prison officials on Saturday warned that officers striking outside 38 correctional facilities will be docked pay, lose ...

Local elected officials joined correction officers on the picket lines Saturday at Wende Correctional Facility to show ...

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New York corrections officers are protesting — and in some areas, holding unsanctioned strikes — outside prison facilities ...

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the HALT Act for a month in an effort to ...

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An independent mediator is now being brought in to assist in bringing a resolution to resolve the correction officer strike, ...

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 ...

As members of the National Guard began to arrive at correctional facilities across New York state on Wednesday and Thursday, another Assembly member is seeking an end to the HALT Act. Assembly ...