The striking individuals say recent lockdowns have been excessive. DOC and union leaders cite staffing shortage.

Advocates for inmates who have refused food are in disagreement with prison officials over when the protest started.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The statewide corrections officers strike ended on Monday, March 10, after 22 days and a number of promises made to officers by Commissioner of New York’s Department of ...

This hour, we explore the state of prison reform in New York. Prison reform is back in the headlines in New York State, following a massive strike by corrections officers. The wildcat strike began ...

At least seven children were killed by an Israeli strike in broad daylight while waiting in line for nutritional supplements ...

Six men made history on Friday, February 21, as they became the first graduates from Catahoula Correctional Center's GED ...

AFSCME District Council 33 represents a wide swath of city employees who perform manual labor and skilled trades.

The mayor of North Cowichan, B.C., is reiterating calls for the province to step in and end a five-month-long transit strike ...

As National Guard soldiers flooded into the Adirondacks to staff prisons during a correctional officer walkout, they filled ...

AFSCME District Council 33 represents 9,000 employees ranging from sanitation workers to crossing guards. Trash pick-up, ...

Utica, N.Y. — A third New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officer, ...

A New York judge reinstated restrictions on solitary confinement, challenging the state's correction department's extended ...