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

The correction officers strike against prisons managed by the New York State Department of Corrections is nearing a week in duration, is showing no signs of an end and is putting pressure on more than ...

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 ...

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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Corrections officers are protesting — and in some areas, holding unsanctioned strikes — as current and former COs seek to ...

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 ...

Hundreds of NY corrections officers continue to strike for better working conditions. Prison surveillance footage showing the ...

Corrections officers at prisons all over New York State are going on strike. The list now includes, Attica, Auburn, Collins, ...

Strikes at NY prisons trigger lock downs, suspended visitations suspended and in some cases cots being brought in to provide ...