New York, prison and corrections

NYS correction officers' prison guard strike enters new week. Both sides meeting with mediator today.
As the NYS correction officers strike continues at NY state prisons, both sides are set to meet with a mediator today.
New York corrections officers strike enters second week over forced overtime, violent conditions
Gov. Kathy Hochul aims to break up the strike by enforcing a state law that prohibits state employees from leaving their posts to strike without permission for their union.
‘Wildcat’ strikes by New York prison guards continue into this week
More than 100 corrections officers and supporters continued to protest Monday outside the Coxsackie Correctional Facility in New York's Hudson Valley. Around 30 prisons across New York state are affected by the wildcat strikes and picketing.
New York governor deploys National Guard amid illegal corrections officer strike at state prisons
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers.
New York state prison guards wildcat over investigation into beating death of inmate
Corrections officers object to even limited constraints on their ability to impose a regime of terror on inmates.
Inmate Death Reported as Illegal Prison Guard Strike Stretches Into 2nd Week
A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike
Striking New York state prison guards set to meet with mediator
As the New York State corrections officers strike continues​, both sides are set to meet with a mediator on Monday.
More than 6,500 National Guard personnel on duty as wildcat NY prison strike continues
More than 6,500 National Guard personnel were on duty Monday to help run the New York state prison system as an illegal strike by corrections officers entered its second week. About 5,100 members were deployed to some of the state’s 42 prisons,
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New York prison buses vandalized amid protests by guards
Police say the buses, owned by the state’s Department of Corrections, were vandalized while parked in a storage lot in ...
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New York State Corrections buses in Cayuga County lit on fire and vandalized
The New York State Police were called to a vandalism of buses belonging to the New York State Department of Corrections and ...
New York corrections officers charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate
Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment ...
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New York Assemblymember Matt Simpson among Republicans calling for repeal of HALT Act as prison strikes continue
But a joint statement issued Sunday by Senators James Skoufis, Pete Harckham, Michelle Hinchey and Rachel May calling for ...
New York officers in beating of Robert Brooks Sr. indicted for murder by grand jury
A New York grand jury indicted officers involved in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks Sr. at Marcy Correctional ...
New York State Police investigating DOCCS bus fire, vandalism
Two buses owned by a company contracted to DOCCS and used to transport prisoners were damaged last week, according to state ...
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'Jeopardizing the safety and security': NYS DOCCS responds to corrections officers strike and list of demands
The NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has issued a statement in response to the strike as well as a ...
A judge sentenced a New York man to 5 life terms, but changed his mind 27 years later
Walter "King Tut" Johnson was sentenced to five life terms in 1997 by a judge who later released him from prison after 27 ...