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How a Guards’ Strike Plunged New York Prisons Into Turmoil and Why the Timing Is Curious

Correctional officers complain of unsafe conditions, but critics say the protests were meant to deflect attention from ‘a moment of reckoning.’

Closing Argument • 02.22.2025

He Spent Six Days in a Cell Covered in Feces. The Supreme Court Says He Can Sue His Jailers.

It’s the first time in years the highest court allowed such a suit to proceed. The ruling suggests it is reconsidering protections for officers who cause harm.

News • 05.03.2021

The State That is Taking on the Prison Guards Union

For decades, New York state’s corrections officers union has held the power in disciplinary decisions.

News • 04.11.2016

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