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NYSCOPBA President Mike Powers speaks to reporters in Albany on Monday, May 10, 2021. A union representing correction officers in New York has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, or NYSCOPBA, claimed in the suit that the new law,  known as the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT,  violates the federal ci...

Courtesy of Pixabay A union representing correction officers in New York filed a federal lawsuit Monday to overturn the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT, a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, or NYSCOPBA, claimed in the suit that the new law violates the federal civil rights of its members. The lawsuit is hinged on the Fourteenth Amendment of the U...

NYSCOPBA President Mike Powers speaks to reporters in Albany on Monday, May 10, 2021. Photo: New York NOW May 11, 2021 — A union representing correction officers in New York filed a federal lawsuit Monday to overturn the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT, a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, or NYSCOPBA, claimed in the suit that the new law violat...

Sochie Nnaemeka and TeAna Taylor Special to the USA TODAY Network View Comments There’s no doubt that Albany is undergoing a transformation. Voters across the state turned out in record numbers to elect Democratic and Working Families champions to the Legislature last year, winning supermajorities in both houses. And this April, the results were made clear: New York passed a budget that provides historic funding to our public school students, tenants, immigrants and Black and brown communiti...

A union representing correction officers in New York filed a federal lawsuit Monday to overturn the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT, a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association claimed in the suit that the new law violates the federal civil rights of its members. The lawsuit is hinged on the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which the union ar...

“Solitary confinement doesn’t exist in reality, and by definition, it doesn’t exist in this state or any state in the country,” Powers said. “When you’re dealing with individuals that don’t subscribe or get along in the rehabilitation system, it’s not different than society.” The new law will also, among other things, ban the use of solitary confinement for pregnant individuals, those living with certain disabilities, and anyone under the age of 22 and older than 54.  Chris M...

Mario B. Williams isn’t afraid to speak truth to power. From suing the Trump administration four times to securing adequate medical care for prison inmates to winning a seven-figure settlement for the family of a young man killed by police, Williams has taken on a number of high-profile cases. And, while he has won millions for his clients over the years, his reputation as a leading human-rights attorney is more about respecting people’s rights, not remuneration. “I never really focused o...

Press-Republican The wall of Clinton Correctional Facility looms over the community of Dannemora in June 2015. (Enterprise photo — Matthew Turner) DANNEMORA — A Clinton Correctional Facility officer sustained two fractures to the jaw, bruising and swelling around the eyes after he was knocked unconscious by an inmate Monday night, according to the correction officers’ union. The inmate, who is serving a 16-year manslaughter sentence, reportedly attacked the CO in the recreation yard ...

Law enforcement officials push back on new segregated confinement law News 12 Staff Updated on:Apr 09, 2021, 1:38pm EDT There is growing pushback from law enforcement officials about a new law that just passed that restricts the amount of time an inmate can spend in segregated confinement.  Law enforcement officials are now looking to amend the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, also known as The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act. The law limits the amount of time an inc...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Thursday limiting the amount of time a person in the states prisons can speed in solitary confinement to 15 days.