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PUBLISHED 8:29 PM ET May. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:29 PM EDT May. 10, 2021 SHARE The union that represents correctional officers in New York filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state and the Department of Corrections in an effort to overturn legislation that limits the use of solitary confinement in prisons. “If it wasn't for someone hearing my screams, I don't know how this situation would have turned out,” corrections officer Hayes said, detailing an attack she experienced last year while working in a prison. “I was vici...

NEW YORK NOW – 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. NYSCOPBA President Mike Powers speaks to reporters in Albany on Monday, May 10, 2021. Credit: New York NOW The lawsuit is hinged on the Fourteenth Amendment of the...

Back ALBANY — New York’s corrections officers union filed suit Monday to overturn a new state law that will restrict the use of solitary confinement to punish incarcerated people in the state’s prison system. The state Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Albany on Monday against the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and DOCCS Acting Commissioner Anthony Annucci over the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, commonly known as the HALT Act, on behalf...

Created: May 10, 2021 08:31 AM The union representing New York's correctional officers says it's filing a civil rights lawsuit against the state and Gov. Cuomo. In this lawsuit, NYSCOPBA is really calling for one thing in particular, the repeal of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act. Gov. Cuomo signed this bill into law a little more than a month ago. It limits the amount of time an inmate can spend in solitary confinement to 15 days, and exempts certain populations like young people or elderly inmates from solitary confinement altogether. It also focuses on providing inmates with th...

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....