This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins spoke with Ify Chikezie, a staff attorney at the NYCLU about what a ...

Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling for urgent changes to the HALT Act, arguing that the law has led to a surge in violence ...

The families of striking corrections officers paid the state Capitol a visit Monday, meeting with Republican lawmakers and ...

Jack O'Donnell of O'Donnell and Associates joined Voices to give his insight as lawmakers debate prison reform and the HALT Act.

Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said the Act needs to be repealed to restore prison control. Those incarcerated, ...

The Town of Marilla led the charge, voting to adopt a resolution that calls for the state legislature to turn what is now a temporary pause of the HALT Act into a permanent one. Other Republican ...

More than 30 Iowa clergy members are urging state lawmakers to halt efforts to remove gender identity protections from the ...

As the wildcat strike of correction officers across the state enters its eighth day, officers who are still working at ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has upped the ante on striking prison workers, serving hundreds with court papers and threatening to withdraw health insurance.

A NYSCOPBA representative said there was progress made "on several issues" on Day 2 as mediators prepare to meet again this ...

Progress was being noted by the union that represents the corrections officers on day one, a spokesman for the union noted.

New York correction officers are now on day nine of their unauthorized strike, calling for change when it comes to what they ...