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NY senator’s attempt to repeal HALT Act denied
As strikes at New York prisons enter their 9th day, efforts in Albany to answer prison worker pleas have been voted down.
N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread
Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...
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New York Assemblymember Matt Simpson among Republicans calling for repeal of HALT Act as prison strikes continue
But a joint statement issued Sunday by Senators James Skoufis, Pete Harckham, Michelle Hinchey and Rachel May calling for ...
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...
How Gov. Hochul is bungling New York’s prison crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t address striking corrections officers’ key gripe: the state’s 2021 HALT Act, which restricts ...
Solitary confinement in prisons misrepresented, officer says
Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years on end, is not the reality in New York state ...
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What is the HALT Act? A closer look as striking corrections officers call for its reversal
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement ...
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PHRM Reps Nobel Peace Prize Nomination: A Reflection on the Struggle for Prisoner Human Rights
By: CALIFORNIA PRISON FOCUS / K.A.G.E. Universal / ArtivistKadre/ LIBERATE OUR ELDERS/ A.I.M. / Dareal Prison / Debug /PHRM ...