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

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

Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said the Act needs to be repealed to restore prison control. Those incarcerated, ...

A NYSCOPBA representative said there was progress made "on several issues" on Day 2 as mediators prepare to meet again this ...

The Town of Marilla led the charge, voting to adopt a resolution that calls for the state legislature to turn what is now a temporary pause of the HALT Act into a permanent one. Other Republican ...

It’s day 10 of illegal strikes at prisons across New York, and Governor Kathy Hochul is urging corrections workers to get ...

More than a week has passed since current and former corrections officers across New York began protesting, citing "unsafe" working conditions and are calling for a repeal of the HALT Act.

Progress was being noted by the union that represents the corrections officers on day one, a spokesman for the union noted.

As the prison guard strikes continue across correctional facilities in New York State, Gov. Hochul addresses the strikes in a ...

Hochul acknowledged staffing issues but avoided committing to major reforms, while Senate Democrats ruled out repealing HALT. Critics argue recruitment struggles and rising prison violence stem from ...

New York state troopers are serving court notices ordering corrections officers to end their unauthorized strike as the state considers transferring prisoners out of state, adding fuel to a prison ...

Inmates are being transferred from Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County to other prisons this week due to staffing ...