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

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

A Buffalo parole officer is gearing up after receiving unexpected orders to report to the Collins Correctional Facility, as ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Dozens of correctional facilities canceled prison visits one day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order to provide National Guard members to provide extra security.