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Gov. Hochul deployed New York National Guard troops to state prisons as hundreds of corrections officers strike to call ...

Regulations that restrict use of solitary confinement are being temporarily suspended in the wake of prison strikes and ...

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

Provisions of HALT Act allow for temporary suspension when “circumstances create a significant and unreasonable risk to the ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by ...

However, the law has faced opposition from some lawmakers, including Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy, who believes the ...

Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years ...

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 ...

This week, an unsanctioned walkout of employees at over half of New York State’s prisons has thrown the correctional system ...

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

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has responded to demands from correction officers amid a strike ...