Day 1 of mediation concluded late Monday afternoon between leadership with the NYSCOPBA, the union representing the corrections officers on strike across the state, and DOCCS. Read more from WBEN:

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where corrections officers have walked off the job over working conditions.

As corrections officers continue to strike across NYS, we spoke with two former inmates who have differing perspectives on the strike.

A state prisoner died early Saturday at Auburn Correctional Facility in the Finger Lakes region — in the midst of the correction officers’ wildcat strike now entering its seventh day — amid

Alyssa Farah Griffin issued a caution to both the president and his supporters. After 42 successful years, the controversial chain Hooters may be on the brink of bankruptcy, like several other chains in recent history.

The state is turning the legal screws on striking correction officers, as tensions flare inside out-of-control New York prisons and workers picket outside them. State troopers began serving union members out on strike illegally with summons over the weekend as hundreds refuse to comply with last week’s court order instructing them to return to work.