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

New York State Assembly Republicans are ramping up pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to repeal the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, arguing that it has exacerbated violence and ...

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

The ongoing violence at correctional facilities across New York State has Congresswoman Tenney concerned for officers and ...

This Halt Bill- there’s no repercussions for anything the inmate does now. The maximum is very little, they can’t do anything ...

In a direct appeal to Gov. Kathy Hochul, members of the Assembly Minority Conference are calling for the immediate repeal of ...

A local assemblyman has called for immediate action to address the "ongoing crisis" in New York State correctional facilities ...

Correction officers at over 20 New York State prisons are striking for a third day on Wednesday, including the Western New York facilities of Attica Correctional Facility, ...

Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the HALT Act for a month in an effort to ...

The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...

Provisions of HALT Act allow for temporary suspension when “circumstances create a significant and unreasonable risk to the ...

Wednesday marked day three of the protests that are happening at correctional facilities all over New York over working ...