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Dec. 26, 2024
PRISON GUARD 'BEAT-UP SQUAD’ KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, OPERATED FOR YEARS, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES'S OFFICE KNEW IT
2023 DEPOSITION IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT WARNED STATE OFFICIALS OF PRISON GUARD ‘BEAT-UP SQUAD’ THAT KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
Mar. 4, 2025
BEHIND THE BARRELS: HOW A MESS HALL BRAWL SPARKED THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS
A MENTALLY-ILL PRISONER WITH A HISTORY OF ATTACKING POLICE APPEARS TO HAVE CATALYZED GUARDS' CONCERN WITH THE HALT ACT
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A PUPPY-SAVING-SOLDIER-TURNED-CO HELPED SPARK NYS PRISON GUARD STRIKE
'HONESTLY I FEEL SO FREE. I'VE NEVER FELT MORE FREE IN MY LIFE'

GOV. KATHY HOCHUL, LAWMAKERS AGREE TO CLOSE 5 PRISONS, 2000 FIRED GUARDS FACE STARK FUTURES
GOV. KATHY HOCHUL EXPLAINS MOVE: 'I'M DOWN 4,000 GUARDS. I NEED TO CONSOLIDATE NOW’

STRIKING GUARDS DODGE CONTEMPT CHARGES, LAWYER RAPS 'HEAVY HAND OF HOCHUL'
350 ALLEGEDLY STRIKING GUARDS FACE CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES

HUSBAND OF PRISON NURSE WHO LOST CHILD SPEAKS OUT
SCOTT MITCHELL SAYS 'IT'S HORRIFYING TO ME THAT THESE PEOPLE IN ALBANY CAN'T SEE THIS'

NEW YORK FIRES OVER 2,000 PRISON GUARDS IN BID TO END 22-DAY STRIKE
STATE DECLARES 'STRIKE IS OVER.’ SAYS MORE THAN 10,000 GUARDS AVAILABLE. NATIONAL GUARD TO REMAIN IN PRISONS
NURSE WHO LOST CHILD WORKING INSIDE PRISON NOW FOCUS OF 22 DAY WILDCAT STRIKE BY GUARDS
DESPITE PROPOSED 'DEAL,' 1000s OF GUARDS REMAIN ON STRIKE

STRIKING PRISON GUARDS VOW 'BATTLE TO THE VERY END' FOR UNBORN CHILD KILLED
21-DAY OLD STRIKE CONTINUES

WOMAN WHO BLAMED HORSE FOR MOM'S MURDER CONVICTED
ARIELA THRAN CONVICTED OF BEATING HER MOTHER TO DEATH

GOV. KATHY HOCHUL UNLEASHES F-BOMB BARRAGE ON STRIKING PRISON GUARDS
GOV. HOCHUL PLANTED FAKE NEWS STORY THAT DEAL TO END STRIKE IS IMMINENT, THEN DEMANDED UNION OK DEAL AND, WHEN IT REFUSED LOST IT
UNION SLAMS DESPERATE GAMBLE BY NYS TO END STRIKE BY PRISON GUARDS
NEW PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE A COMMITTEE TO STUDY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE HALT ACT, STRIKERS’ FIRST DEMAND BEFORE THEY RETURN TO WORK

'TICKING TIME BOMB ABOUT TO GO OFF': NEW YORK'S STRIKING PRISON GUARDS VOW DEFIANCE AS STRIKE ENTERS 18TH DAY
'THESE MEN AND WOMAN ARE SERIOUS. THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK TO WORK. THEY'LL FIND NEW JOBS IF THEY HAVE TO.'

COURT ISSUES 'ARREST WARRANTS' AS STRIKE BY NY’S PRISON GUARDS NOW LONGEST STRIKE BY JAIL WORKERS IN US HISTORY
STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE IN BUFFALO DEMANDS STRIKERS APPEAR AT COURT HEARING AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE JAILED

BEHIND THE BARRELS: HOW A MESS HALL BRAWL SPARKED THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS
A MENTALLY-ILL PRISONER WITH A HISTORY OF ATTACKING POLICE APPEARS TO HAVE CATALYZED GUARDS' CONCERN WITH THE HALT ACT

SURVIVED BEING SHOT BY COPS, HARLEM MAN KILLED BY NEW YORK STATE PRISON GUARDS
MESSIAH NANTWI WAS FACING TWO MURDER CHARGES WHEN HE WAS KILLED BY GUARDS AT THE MID-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

GOV. KATHY HOCHUL SAYS SHE’S FIRING 1,000s OF STRIKING STATE PRISON GUARDS, BUT CAN SHE?
DESPITE THE STATE'S BLUSTER, NEW YORK IS LEGALLY CONSTRAINED FROM FIRING STRIKING STATE PRISON GUARDS FOR LEGAL AND PRACTICAL REASONS

1000s OF NY'S PRISON GUARDS DEFY DEADLINE TO END STRIKE, FACE MASS FIRINGS, ARREST
STRIKERS RISK BEING FIRED, ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING TAYLOR LAW, DEMAND REPEAL OF HALT ACT

'SHOW ME A HERO' LAWYER TAKES UP FIGHT FOR NY'S STRIKING PRISON GUARDS
MICHAEL SUSSMAN FIRST DEFENDED PRISONERS IN 1978, SAYS HALT ACT DOESN’T PROTECT THEM, IT HURTS THEM

'DEAL' PROPOSED TO END NY STATE PRISON GUARD STRIKE
ARBITRATION RULING IS SUPPOSED TO BE BINDING ON UNION, BUT WILL STRIKERS ACCEPT IT?

TWO MORE PRISONERS DIE IN NEW YORK DURING STRIKE BY PRISON GUARDS
ANTHONY DOUGLAS AND FRANKLYN DOMINGUEZ DIED AT SING SING ON WEDNESDAY

LETITIA JAMES DOXES PRISON GUARDS AS STRIKE TURNS NASTY
ESCALATING CRISIS IN NEW YORK PRISONS