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Legislators fights for prison reform in New York budget in latest Senate bill

Summary by WPTZ
Sen. Dan Stec says he'll vote down any budget bills that don't lead to increased safety protections for correctional officers.

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Legislators fights for prison reform in New York budget in latest Senate bill

Sen. Dan Stec says he'll vote down any budget bills that don't lead to increased safety protections for correctional officers.

·Plattsburgh, United States
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Multiple New York Counties Defy Governor Hochul's Order Regarding Fired Correctional Officers

Several counties in New York are rejecting Governor Kathy Hochul’s executive order barring recently fired correctional officers from working for the state again. Officials argue that her decision is an abuse of power, and they are taking legal action to overturn it. Key Facts: Governor Kathy Hochul fired 2,000 correctional officers for continuing to strike over unsafe prison conditions. She then signed an executive order preventing them from wo…

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Harlem man who died during NY wildcat prison strike spiraled into mental illness and violence

The man who died in an upstate prison Saturday allegedly at the hands of correction officers during a wildcat strike showed signs of a promising future before he spiraled into mental illness and became a two-time killer, interviews and a review of documents by the Daily News show. But a chaotic home life, a father who was in and out of prison, a mother who struggled with addiction and, at the age of 18, a clash with police in the Bronx that near…

·New York, United States
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New York correctional officers speak out

RAY BROOK — After three weeks of a statewide illegal wildcat strike, corrections officers at state prisons — including Adirondack Correctional — either returned to work on Monday with a small handful of their demands met, or resigned or were…

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After the strike, New York state prisons are even more short-staffed than before

The state of New York was short on corrections officers before a strike among their ranks. The governor is now barring 2,000 strikers from returning to work.

·Washington, United States
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Sheriffs want to hire COs fired from state prisons after strike

The organization representing New York state’s county sheriffs is hoping Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul will relax her wholesale ban on any state or local government from hiring any of the 2,000 corrections officers fired after they refused to return to…

·United States
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