Which prisons are on strike in NY? See the list
This is a developing story and this list will likely change
Visitation was also suspended at a number of facilities on Wednesday, according to DOCCS — including Elmira, Attica, Auburn, Five Points, Upstate, Clinton, Wende, Green Haven, Coxsackie and Eastern New York Correctional Facilities.
Adirondack Correctional Facility
Collins Correctional Facility
Elmira Correctional Facility
Attica Correctional Facility
Groveland Correctional Facility
Auburn Correctional Facility
Cayuga Correctional Facility
Five Points Correctional Facility
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
Marcy Correctional Facility
Franklin Correctional Facility
Bare Hill Correctional Facility
Upstate Correctional Facility
Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Greene Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility
Otisville Correctional Facility
Woodbourne Correctional Facility
Ulster State Correctional Facility
Wallkill Correctional Facility
Fishkill Correctional Facility
Riverview Correctional Facility
Eastern Correctional Facility
Workers on strike held signs referring to and condemning the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT Act, a law that in 2022 restricted the use of segregated confinement in favor of therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options. Meanwhile, the union also raised concerns about overworked officers and understaffed prisons in recent months.
The union president, Chris Summers, brought up a litany of concerns at a legislative hearing earlier in February regarding the governor's proposed budget, including increased violence at prisons, unsafe working conditions and the erosion of benefits.
'These issues need serious consideration and financial investment and have been continuously ignored,' Summers said. 'Being able to report to a safe workplace and return home safely to their families after their expected shift is something that should be required and expected — not something my members should hope for.'
The strikes also come in the wake of a lockdown at Collins Correctional facility - a medium-security prison for men in Erie County - where inmates 'took over' a section of the prison for several hours, according to the Times Union. The strikes also follow a December beating at Marcy Correctional Facility in Central New York that led to the death of inmate Robert Brooks, which was recorded by body cameras worn by correctional officers.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed an executive order activating New York National Guard members to prisons across the state where corrections officers have walked off the job.
Workers at more than two dozen state prisons are on strike this week, protesting working conditions and increased violence within the facilities and employees' benefits.
'These disruptive and unsanctioned work stoppages by some correction officers must end as they are jeopardizing the safety of their colleagues, the prison population, and causing undue fear for the residents in the surrounding communities,' Hochul said Wednesday in a news release.
Hochul on Wednesday said she understood the "incredibly difficult work our corrections officers do under challenging circumstances." She also noted that her main job as governor is to protect all New Yorkers, which includes maintaining order in state prisons, and, in a video, Hochul directed all involved in the strike to "stop these actions immediately."
"Do what's right," she said. "Do your jobs."
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