New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by ...

It's been 24 hours since Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order deploying the National Guard to the majority of New York ...

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

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

Correction officers retreated from inmate dorms at Riverview Correctional Facility in St. Lawrence County early Thursday ...

Men imprisoned at Woodbourne Correctional Facility said they had been denied hot meals and confined to their cells.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the head of the state corrections department are trying to use a combination of carrots and sticks to ...

The correction officers strike against prisons managed by the New York State Department of Corrections is nearing a week in duration, is showing no signs of an end and is putting pressure on more than ...

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

Corrections officers are protesting — and in some areas, holding unsanctioned strikes — as current and former COs seek to bring attention to what they say are unfair working conditions and restrictive ...

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State Senator Mark Walczyk and Assemblyman Scott Gray are on site at Riverview Correctional Facility as protests for safer ...