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 ...
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UPDATE: New York correctional officers face mass firings as strike deadline passes
The New York Department of Employee Relations announced that all striking correctional officers across the state will be ...
Inmates takeover another New York prison, all visits canceled day after Gov. Hochul deploys National Guard
Dozens of correctional facilities canceled prison visits one day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order ...
Some New York prison guards charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate appear in court
Prosecutors investigating the death of a handcuffed man who was punched and roughed up by guards in an upstate New York ...
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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 ...
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Prison guards at Groveland Correctional Facility face threats of job loss, penalties as they strike for better conditions
Nearly two weeks into the unauthorized prison guard strike across New York State, tensions remain high as correction officers ...
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NY’s Prison Guard Strike Has Roots in Decades of Racialized Deindustrialization
The guards’ demand for impunity is about the maintenance of violence at the core of the system, says Andrea R. Morrell.
Ignoring deadline and threat of arrest, many prison officers continue strike
Correction officers at multiple NY prisons continued striking Saturday, violating a deadline they were given to return to ...