The Steuben County Legislature has publicly opposed Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Order barring corrections officers ...

One thing has become crystal clear regarding the wildcat strike by correction officers across the state: the corrections system we have in New York is a hot mess and needs ...

New York’s U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, took a step from the brink of a government ...

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Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...

The legislature rejected Hochul’s central public safety policy priorities while embracing proposals to increase prison ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order targeted around 2,000 corrections officers who participated in a wildcat strike and did ...

The strike is over. After three weeks of a statewide illegal wildcat strike, corrections officers at state prisons — ...

After the chaos of the 21-day wildcat prison guard strike, State investigators are looking into a supposed inmate petition ...

After 23 days on the line and four attempts at a deal between DOCCS, NYSCOPBA, and officers, the state declared an end to the strike. They say they've begun the process of terminating 2,000 correction ...

More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get ...

By devaluing incarcerated labor, prisons devalue all labor. Prisons are fundamentally anti-labor institutions, and guards’ ...