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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 civil rights of its members. The lawsuit, filed Monday, hinges on the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S....

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.S. Constitution, which the union argues should guarantee public employees, like their members, due ...

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 violates the federal civil rights of its members. The lawsuit is hinged on the Fourteenth Amendment of the...

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 communities. We legalized cannabis for adults with provisions to ensure the benefits are shared by the commun...

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 argues should guarantee public employees, like their members, due process to be free from dangerous co...