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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 ...
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...
N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread
Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...
Solitary confinement in prisons misrepresented, officer says
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 ...
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Hinchey, NY Dems call for ‘overhaul’ of prison system as ‘unacceptable’ wildcat strike continues
Democratic senators representing the Hudson Valley addressed an eight-day strike by corrections officers and called for “an ...
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What is the HALT Act? A closer look as striking corrections officers call for its reversal
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement ...
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Incarcerated men describe deteriorating conditions as unlawful NY prison strikes drag on
Men imprisoned at Woodbourne Correctional Facility said they had been denied hot meals and confined to their cells.
Upstate New York3d
The biggest issue behind the New York prison guard strike
The New York state prison system is teetering on disaster as guards have staged an unsanctioned wildcat strike at almost all ...