Area state lawmakers join correctional officers to renew call to repeal 'HALT Act': Say new law is putting officers at risk, leading to an increasingly dangerous climate of violence within New York's correctional facilities
Elmira, N.Y., August 17—State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats), Assemblyman Chris Friend (R,C-Big Flats), and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) today joined New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) President Michael Powers and Western Region Vice President Kenny Gold outside the Elmira Correctional Facility (ECF) to call on Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders to repeal the “Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act.” The new law, which went into effect in April, was approved last year by the Legislatur...
Source: nysenate.gov
