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 ...

The families of striking corrections officers paid the state Capitol a visit Monday, meeting with Republican lawmakers and ...

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 Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said the Act needs to be repealed to restore prison control.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, ...

The officers, some in dark clothing and glasses to hide their identities after calling out of shifts, are demanding safer ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

As the wildcat strike of correction officers across the state entered its eighth day on Tuesday, officers who are still working at Franklin Correctional Facility in Malone sent a letter to the state ...

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