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Legal Aid report shows illegal strike’s toll on prisoners

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In the wake of a 22-day strike by correction officers at prison facilities run by New York State, the New York City-based Legal Aid Society released a report on Friday about what they called the strike's human cost. According to incarcerated people quoted in the report, ongoing inhumane conditions in dozens of upstate prisons include food shortages, lack of medical care and mental health services, and restrictions on show…

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Former correction officers call for increased safety at prisons

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)--It’s been a little over two weeks since the correction officer strike ended. It resulted in more than 2,000 officers being terminated. Some of those officers were at the New York State Capitol on Thursday, continuing to bring attention to unsafe working conditions at state prisons. Nate Locke, a former CO, shared a message for lawmakers saying, "This is the offer that I have that is a direct challenge to the authors of th…

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