Central NY corrections officers join growing statewide prison strike
Discontent has been growing among corrections officers as they say they are forced to work extensive amounts of overtime due to a staffing shortage. Union leaders earlier this month issued a vote of “no confidence” in Daniel Martuscello III, the state corrections commissioner.
Corrections officers hold strikes at Buffalo-area and Elmira-area prisons
NEW YORK STATE — Corrections officers are holding unsanctioned strikes at two New York State prisons over working conditions. The strikes at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County and Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County began on Monday. It comes days after people incarcerated at Collins Correctional took over multiple dorms.
NYS preparing to deploy NY National Guard to prisons where corrections officers are on strike
The state said it is preparing to deploy the New York National Guard to DOCCS facilities where officers are on strike.
New York Governor Threatens to Send National Guard in Response to Prison Guard Strike
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is threatening to deploy National Guard troops to restore order as a strike among prison guards across the state entered its second day
Kathy Hochul mobilizes National Guard to combat ‘illegal’ corrections strike engulfing New York
New York correctional workers are striking across the state in protest of their working conditions, but Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) says the protests amount to “illegal and unlawful actions.” Hochul argues that the strike is jeopardizing the safety of other correctional workers,
Gov. Hochul to send National Guard into NY prisons if correx officers don’t end illegal strikes
Gov. Kathy Hochul will send in the National Guard to prisons across the Empire State on Wednesday if the illegal strikes by guards continue, her office says. Hochul warned Tuesday that the military reservists will begin flooding an unspecified number of correctional facilities to protect inmates and staff if the disruptive work stoppages – which are illegal under New York law – fail to end.
Hochul says she will call in National Guard to secure prisons if strike persists
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday ordered the New York National Guard to be prepared to secure state prisons if correction officers do not end their "illegal and unlawful" strike at 25 jailhouses, including multiple lockups in Western New York.
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