"The officers claim to be complaining about safety," said Jerome Wright, co-director of the #HALTsolitary Campaign. "They are not dying. We are."

The two men's causes of death have not been released since they were found unresponsive in their cells on Wednesday.

Two prisoners died at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester during the ongoing state correction officers strike, but it's unclear if staffing was a factor.

A Brooklyn man who had served 40 years in prison for a home invasion robbery that left three dead in the 1980s died at Sing Sing Correctional Facility during the 11-day-old wildcat correction officers strike,