It’s day 10 of illegal strikes at prisons across New York and Governor Kathy Hochul is urging corrections workers to get back ...

This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins spoke with Ify Chikezie, a staff attorney at the NYCLU about what a ...

Hochul acknowledged staffing issues but avoided committing to major reforms, while Senate Democrats ruled out repealing HALT. Critics argue recruitment struggles and rising prison violence stem from ...

Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling for urgent changes to the HALT Act, arguing that the law has led to a surge in violence ...

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

The families of striking corrections officers paid the state Capitol a visit Monday, meeting with Republican lawmakers and ...

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 ...

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

Inmates are being transferred from Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County to other prisons this week due to staffing ...

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 Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said the Act needs to be repealed to restore prison ...

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