NY sheriffs oppose order banning hiring of fired prison officers
NY sheriff's association wants Gov. Kathy Hochul to reverse course on prohibiting 2K correction officers from ever working ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs executive order banning striking corrections officers from state jobs
Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...
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State prison crisis hits home with young Harlemite Messiah Nantwi’s death
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Town hall to demand justice for Robert Brooks, call for prison reform
The family and friends of Robert Brooks, a man killed by prison guards in New York State, will gather at a town hall this ...
Prison closures on table for legislature, no changes to HALT Act in One-House Proposals
The New York State Assembly and Senate responded to Governor Hochul's FY2026 Executive Budget proposal on Tuesday, unveiling ...
2,000 fired prison guards won't be hired by New York again, Hochul says
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get ...
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Correctional Association of New York Reports Cameras Have Yet to be Installed at Mid-State Correctional Facility
The cause and manner of death for Messiah Nantwi, an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility who died on March 1, have not yet been disclosed.
Blind spots persist in CNY prisons under slow moving, $600 million camera program
In 2022, a prison watchdog agency made a routine visit to Mid-State Correctional Facility in the Town of Marcy. The Correctional Association of New York, or CAN ...
New York Gov. Hochul Bans 2,000 Prison Guards from Civil Service Jobs After Wildcat Strike
Here in New York, more than 2,000 prison guards who joined a wildcat strike have been fired for failing to return to work by ...
New York fires 2K prison officers who refused to return to work after strike
The strike that paralyzed New York prisons for three weeks ended with most workers returning to their jobs and the state ...
2,000 Striking N.Y. Prison Officers Fired and Barred From Public Jobs
Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts ...
With most NY prison guards ending strike, Gov. Hochul bars holdouts from state jobs
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job were barred Tuesday from being hired ...