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

The correction officers strike against prisons managed by the New York State Department of Corrections is nearing a week in ...

An independent mediator is now being brought in to assist in bringing a resolution to resolve the correction officer strike, which has now extended to a fifth day. Thousands ...

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 ...

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

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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 ...

Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...

Dozens of correctional facilities canceled prison visits one day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order ...