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A large number of corrections officers are holding a demonstration outside of the Elmira Correctional Facility, which started ...

New York State is experiencing a salt shortage due to all the freezing and icy conditions we’ve been under. What does that ...

State corrections officers were picketing Monday outside Collins Correctional Facility and another Southern Tier prison in what the officers called a strike over concerns regarding safety and staffing ...

Correction officers and others gathered across the street from the state prison to demonstrate against what they call unsafe ...

Charles Langdon introduced his sister to Mark Twain, but his impact on Elmira extends beyond a connection to the famous ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Corrections officers at Elmira and Collins Correctional Facilities started a strike on Monday morning in protest of working conditions. The strike—which halted normal ...

The service members will flood an unspecified number of correctional facilities on Wednesday if the protests don’t end, ...

And Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County was arguably the first New York prison whose correctional officers walked off the job in 1979, kicking off a statewide 16-day strike. REACH ...

The Democratic governor filed a lawsuit against the rogue strikes, who are prohibited from demonstrating under New York law, ...

A previous version of this article included an incorrect title for a NYSCOPBA official, that information has been fixed.

Following an incident that led to a lockdown on Wednesday, workers at the Collins Correctional Facility went on strike Monday morning in protest of unsafe working conditions. Workers at the Elmira ...