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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 Legislature’s Democ ....

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Assembly votes to end prison double bunking

Jun. 9—ALBANY — The state Assembly approved a bill Monday that would end double-bunking, a controversial practice, in state medium security prisons. The union that represents 18,000 correction officers and sergeants, applauds the measure. 'RIGHT-SIZING THE SYSTEM' "Forcing incarcerated individuals to be "double-bunked" was a necessary step decades ago when the state had to increase the . ....

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