The children are in charge : Follow-up audit of Dept. of Juvenile Justice has lawmakers concerned
During the audit process, surveys and interviews were conducted among DJJ staff about everything from job satisfaction to security and other safety issues. Author: Jenna Kurzyna Updated: 11:23 PM EDT May 19, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. Continued accusations of employees with inadequate training, too few employees, and an increase in violence involving inmates and staff. News 19 took a closer look behind the fence at South Carolina s Department of Juvenile Justice ahead of a meeting on Thursday, May 20, where lawmakers are scheduled to review the Legislative Audit Council s findings of a recent audit of the agency.
Using the closed down Oneida Correctional Facility as a backdrop, officials with the New York State Correctional Officers Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) gathered together to call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to halt his closure of certain prisons across New York State.
NYSCOPBA leadership held the press conference Wednesday to demand Cuomo and The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to put a hold on any future prison closures to avoid a potential powder keg from exploding. Officials are asking for a comprehensive study to be conducted prior to any moves being made in order to address what they call rising violence inside of those prisons.
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 U.S. Constitution, which the union argues should guarantee public employees, like their members, due process to be free from dangerous conditions created by the state.
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ALBANY â New Yorkâs 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 stateâs 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 of the stateâs 18,000 correction officers.
âOnce again, our elected leaders have failed us â our members didnât sign up for this,â NYSCOPBA President Michael Powers said Monday outside the federal courthouse in Albany. âThis New York state Legislature, Governor Cuomo, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision have sided with the criminals and enacte