The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is ramping up its efforts to hire new officers ...

The legislature rejected Hochul’s central public safety policy priorities while embracing proposals to increase prison ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order targeted around 2,000 corrections officers who participated in a wildcat strike and did ...

Governor Kathy Hochul has outlined her administration’s plan to “recover, recruit, and rebuild” New York’s correctional ...

The strike is over. After three weeks of a statewide illegal wildcat strike, corrections officers at state prisons — ...

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A day after declaring the three-week-old statewide correction officer’s strike over, the state barred any officer continuing to strike from any further state service. “My top priority is the safety ...

After the chaos of the 21-day wildcat prison guard strike, State investigators are looking into a supposed inmate petition ...

In the latest move by the governor regarding the illegal strike, local leaders say they stand with their local law enforcement by supporting their sheriffs.

Oneida County is looking into taking legal action against New York state over the executive order that prohibits terminated ...

Earlier this week, the state made a final deal with striking corrections officers, leading to thousands going back to work in New York prisons. Corrections officers ...

After 23 days on the line and four attempts at a deal between DOCCS, NYSCOPBA, and officers, the state declared an end to the strike. They say they've begun the process of terminating 2,000 correction ...