Hundreds of prison guards flood NY state capital as wildcat strike stretches into 16th day: ‘Hold the line’
More than 1,000 prison guards flooded Albany on Tuesday, chanting a defiant message as pressure mounted on them to stop their ...
Deal reached to end illegal strike by New York state prison workers, governor says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced an agreement to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for ...
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Death of New York Inmate is Tip of Iceberg of Prison Brutality
New York State prison guards went on a wildcat strike following some of their own being held accountable for the inmate’s death.
North Country Public Radio1d
More than half of corrections officers still on NY prison strike statewide
The wildcat strike continues at 32 correctional facilities statewide, despite a tentative deal. Staffing at Elmira, Attica, ...
New York governor accedes to prison guard demands to loosen restrictions on solitary confinement
The main feature of the tentative agreement involves the suspension of regulations, under the Humane Alternatives to ...
Upstate New York13d
The biggest issue behind the New York prison guard strike
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign ...
NY prison strike crisis costing taxpayers a whopping $3.5M a day: Hochul admin
The state is spending upwards of $3.5 million per day to run the prisons after thousands walked off the job two weeks ago.
Ithaca Times1d
New York’s Wildcat Correctional Officer Strike Continues, Seven Inmates Dead in Two Weeks Since Strike Began
A wildcat strike by correctional officers across New York state continues to escalate despite a mediated agreement that ...