N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread
Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...
How Gov. Hochul is bungling New York’s prison crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t address striking corrections officers’ key gripe: the state’s 2021 HALT Act, which restricts ...
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...
New York Senate shuts down attempt to repeal the 'HALT Act'
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.
Solitary confinement in prisons misrepresented, officer says
Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years on end, is not the reality in New York state ...
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Exclusive: As Shakil Afridi Languishes Behind Bars, Abandoned After Aiding in Osama bin Laden’s Death, His Son Speaks Out
When my dad was taken, he was a strong, healthy man. Now, he’s in his 60s, but he looks like he’s in his 70s due to the harsh ...
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What's inside the newly reopened Aquino Center and Museum in Tarlac?
After undergoing renovation in the past two years, the newly reopened Aquino Center and Museum in Tarlac City promises to be ...
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NY senator’s attempt to repeal HALT Act denied
As strikes at New York prisons enter their 9th day, efforts in Albany to answer prison worker pleas have been voted down.
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Former inmates share differing views on prison guard strikes
The strike by corrections officers at prisons state-wide, is now in it's second week. 7 News senior reporter Eileen Buckley ...