Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said ...

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

As strikes at New York prisons enter their 9th day, efforts in Albany to answer prison worker pleas have been voted down.

This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins spoke with Ify Chikezie, a staff attorney at the NYCLU about what a ...

As the NYS correction officers strike continues at NY state prisons, both sides are set to meet with a mediator today.

After a week of protests outside New York State prisons, Sen. Dan Stec tried to repeal a law from 2022 that placed restrictions on solitary confinement.

Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling for urgent changes to the HALT Act, arguing that the law has led to a surge in violence ...

But a joint statement issued Sunday by Senators James Skoufis, Pete Harckham, Michelle Hinchey and Rachel May calling for ...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski on Tuesday called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to repeal the HALT Act to restore safety to New York’s ...

As New York’s prison worker strikes roll into their tenth day ... The labor actions were ignited by a host of factors, including backlash against state laws like the HALT Act, which restricted ...

Day 1 of mediation ended on Monday with discussions about suspending certain provisions of the HALT Act and other demands made by corrections staff.