After a week of protests outside New York State prisons, Sen. Dan Stec tried to repeal a law from 2022 that placed restrictions on solitary confinement.

Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said the Act needs to be repealed to restore prison ...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski on Tuesday called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to repeal the HALT Act to restore safety to New York’s ...

The Town of Marilla led the charge, voting to adopt a resolution that calls for the state legislature to turn what is now a temporary pause of the HALT Act into a permanent one. Other Republican ...

The ongoing violence at correctional facilities across New York State has Congresswoman Tenney concerned for officers and ...

More than a week has passed since current and former corrections officers across New York began protesting, citing "unsafe" working conditions and are calling for a repeal of the HALT act.

As strikes at New York prisons enter their 9th day, efforts in Albany to answer prison worker pleas have been voted down.

As the prison guard strikes continue across correctional facilities in New York State, Gov. Hochul addresses the strikes in a ...

Progress was being noted by the union that represents the corrections officers on day one, a spokesman for the union noted.

Assemblymembers Dana Levenberg and Chris Burdick have issued a joint statement addressing the ongoing strikes by corrections ...