In a direct appeal to Gov. Kathy Hochul, members of the Assembly Minority Conference are calling for the immediate repeal of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement ...

The HALT Act remains at the center of the corrections officers strike across New York. Los Angeles removes fire chief in wake ...

Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on ...

This Halt Bill- there’s no repercussions for anything the inmate does now. The maximum is very little, they can’t do anything ...

Hundreds of corrections officers are striking in defiance of state law, claiming in part that the Humane Alternatives to Long ...

Correctional officers continued picketing outside of New York State prisons on Thursday despite Governor Hochul and union ...

New York’s top corrections official declared a “prison-wide state of emergency” Thursday and temporarily suspended parts of ...

New York State announced changes to state prisons to entice striking correction officers to go back to work, according to a ...

As New York correction officers continue their strike, state lawmakers remain split over prison staffing reforms and the ...

The bill would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs—and impede therapeutic research.

In a memo to all correctional facility superintendents, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community ...