Retired corrections officer Jerry “Satch” Sawyer and several family members have called on the city to support calls for ...

Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling on the state Legislature to either repeal or make significant changes to HALT.

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

It’s day 10 of illegal strikes at prisons across New York and Gov. Kathy Hochul is urging corrections workers to get back on ...

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 reiterating their demands that state leaders make significant, permanent chan ...

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

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 ...

Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said ...

Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said ...

Day 1 of mediation ended on Monday with discussions about suspending certain provisions of the HALT Act and other demands made by corrections staff.

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski on Tuesday called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to repeal the HALT Act to restore safety to New York’s ...