The union representing New York correction officers wanted to meet with the state Department of Corrections and Community ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 47.4, extending the state’s disaster emergency for correctional facilities and modifying the blacklist on correction officers who struck.

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on April 8, 2025, we discuss the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term ...

New York State Senator Dan Stec and Assemblyman Scott Gray have introduced legislation for the reinstatement of 2,000 ...

The corrections officer strike ended several weeks ago, but its impacts continue to be felt. National Guard deployment costs ...

Thousands of National Guard troops are still supporting NY's prisons after a mass firing of striking workers in March ...

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul is releasing some prisoners early in an effort to cut costs incurred by a recent ...

The union representing thousands of state correction officers issued a searing statement Friday saying that unsafe working conditions are persisting in New York ...

Last year, the Legal Aid Society, Disability Rights Advocates, and Winston & Strawn LLP filed a class action lawsuit against DOCCS, accusing the department of violating HALT by holding people with ...

Two of the North Country’s representatives in the state Capitol are pushing to reverse Gov. Kathy Hochul’s blanket ban on rehiring any of the 2,000 corrections officers who were fired after an ...

Thousands of National Guard troops are still supporting NY's prisons after a mass firing of striking workers in March worsened a staff gap.

NYSCOPBA is calling for an "urgent meeting" with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision over "critical ...