Hundreds of corrections officers are striking in defiance of state law, claiming in part that the Humane Alternatives to Long ...

The HALT Act remains at the center of the corrections officers strike across New York. Los Angeles removes fire chief in wake ...

HALT stands for Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement" In 2022, the law known as the HALT ACT went into ...

In a direct appeal to Gov. Kathy Hochul, members of the Assembly Minority Conference are calling for the immediate repeal of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement ...

As New York correction officers continue their strike, state lawmakers remain split over prison staffing reforms and the ...

Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the HALT Act for a month in an effort to ...

In a memo to all correctional facility superintendents, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community ...

New York State announced changes to state prisons to entice striking correction officers to go back to work, according to a ...

Wednesday marked day three of the protests that are happening at correctional facilities all over New York over working ...

Correctional officers continued picketing outside of New York State prisons on Thursday despite Governor Hochul and union ...

In response to the wildcat strikes being held at multiple state prisons across New York, including in Western New York, the ...