Gov. Kathy Hochul's primary response to the strikes has been to send 5,300 New York National Guard troops —some of whom are ...

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The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) reported that officers who have participated ...

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards stretched into a third week Monday, prompting officials to start firing ...

Correction Officers who are still striking at state prisons started getting fired Sunday, two weeks after walking off the job ...

New York State is ending health insurance coverage for thousands of corrections officers who walked off the job and onto the picket line two weeks ago. State officials have also fired a handful of ...

State officials have put 11 prison workers on leave after a 22-year-old inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility died following an unexplained encounter over the weekend.

However, the walkout continues upstate and in Western New York. As CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports, thousands of ...

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision will be terminating health insurance for correction officers remaining AWOL during the strike. READ MORE: ...

The strike of New York’s prisons by many corrections officers has already cost state taxpayers millions, and could end up ...

Gov. Hochul said the fired strikers also are losing their healthcare coverage, and many will lose their state pensions.

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) sent a letter to striking corrections officers ...