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

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

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 Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said the Act needs to be repealed to restore prison control.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

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 ...

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

As strikes at New York prisons enter their ninth day, an effort in Albany to answer prison worker pleas has been voted down.

Day 1 of mediation ended on Monday with discussions about suspending certain provisions of the HALT Act and other demands made by corrections staff.

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.

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

As the wildcat strike of correction officers across the state entered its eighth day on Tuesday, officers who are still working at Franklin Correctional Facility in Malone sent a letter to the state ...

As corrections officers across New York remain on strike, a State Assemblyman who is running for Congress is standing behind ...