Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...

Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years on end, is not the reality in New York state ...

The state has temporarily suspended parts of the HALT Act, a law limiting how long an inmate can be placed in solitary ...

Men imprisoned at Woodbourne Correctional Facility said they had been denied hot meals and confined to their cells.

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

The HALT Act went into effect in 2022 in New York State.HALT stands for Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement ...

The New York state prison system is teetering on disaster as guards have staged an unsanctioned wildcat strike at almost all ...

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

New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision says those continuing to strike are violating the state’s Taylor’s Law and are considered absent without leave, and will be docked pay ...

One civil rights complaint alleged that staff in a Buffalo facility retaliated against hunger-striking detainees through ...