N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread
Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...
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NY senator’s attempt to repeal HALT Act denied
As strikes at New York prisons enter their 9th day, efforts in Albany to answer prison worker pleas have been voted down.
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...
Solitary confinement in prisons misrepresented, officer says
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 on end, is not the reality in New York state ...
State Police begin serving court orders on striking correction officers
State troopers began serving judicial orders on striking correction officers over the weekend that threatened they could be ...
New York Senate blocks attempt to repeal the 'HALT Act'
After a week of protests outside New York State prisons, Sen. Dan Stec tried to repeal a law from 2022 that placed ...
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What is the HALT Act? A closer look as striking corrections officers call for its reversal
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement ...
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The biggest issue behind the New York prison guard strike
The New York state prison system is teetering on disaster as guards have staged an unsanctioned wildcat strike at almost all ...