Corrections officers are making a number of demands. A key one is to repeal the HALT Act, which limits their use of solitary confinement. We talked to a retired corrections officer, Gregory King, at ...

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

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

In our opinion, Gov. Kathy Hochul took the wrong first step when prison workers went on strike Monday in Collins, Brocton and more than two dozen other state prisons. Because the governor didn’t ...

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

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 ...

Some are questioning the timing of these illegal strikes, saying they're really intended to cover up the fallout of the ...

Albay County Sheriff Craig Apple said the Legislature needs to reevaluate the solitary confinement law because it is making prisons more dangerous. The HALT legislation limits the amount of time that ...

Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane ...

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

Two local elected officials have emphasized that ensuring safety at state correctional facilities must be a top priority.

Stec confirmed that the facility is operating on minimal staffing, and that the guards inside the prison have been on their ...