Inmate uprising at Riverview as NY prison strikes enter 4th day
Correction officers retreated from inmate dorms at Riverview Correctional Facility in St. Lawrence County early Thursday ...
Gray urges Hochul to suspend HALT Act for 30 days
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 ...
'Now you'll hear us': NY prison coach bus set on fire amid strike
A coach bus owned by a vendor of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision was set on fire earlier this week in ...
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Unrest in Ogdensburg, Malone prisons as officers and advocates trade blame
Riverview and Bare Hill prisons experienced unrest Wednesday night and Thursday morning as corrections officers continue to ...
Prison strikes, protests continue across New York: What corrections officers say needs to change
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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North Country state reps on site at Riverview Correctional in Ogdensburg
State Senator Mark Walczyk and Assemblyman Scott Gray are on site at Riverview Correctional Facility as protests for safer ...
Hochul seeks to expedite closure of five state prisons amid CO strikes, safety incidents
Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul is seeking permission to close five more state prisons with 90 days of notice in the next fiscal year — even as the state's prison system attempts to recover from an ongoing ...
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What’s next for prison pickets? Talk
In an attempt to end the job actions which have plunged New York’s prison system into crisis, mediation between the ...