Unions
The union said COs at four state prisons are having trouble managing high-risk prisoners who are benefiting from a new law enacted in 2022 that provides inmates with more recreation time
One union called the potential action a “slap in the face for the heroes who put their lives on the line every day”
The union said 115 staff members would be affected by the closure of Larch and that the majority accepted positions at other DOC facilities or state agencies
Since April, the union has been calling for substantial increases in COVID-19 testing, PPE, prevention plans and hazard pay for staff
Nearly a month later, Michael Powers is recovering and back at work advocating for safety measures
The federal Bureau of Prisons recently chose FCI Gilmer and FCI Hazelton as quarantine sites for out-of-state inmates
“Now it’s Connecticut’s turn to protect us,” Collin Provost, a state prison corrections officer and union president, said
The ACLU urged a judge to release vulnerable inmates at FCC Oakdale to home confinement, calling the facility a tinderbox “ready to explode”
“We can’t incarcerate our way out of this pandemic, but governors, sheriffs, prosecutors, and the president have the power, and responsibility, to save lives,” an ACLU official said
COs and union leaders are demanding PPE, hazard pay, sick leave and temporary suspension of transfers and admittance of non-security or non-medical personnel
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has repeatedly denied allegations that conditions at the facility are unsanitary or inadequate
NYSCOPBA president Michael Powers called on the governor to make “employee safety a priority” and allow “all staff members the ability to use basic PPE”
FCI Ray Brook doesn’t have the ability to test staff or inmates and lacks the necessary PPE to deal with a potential outbreak
Several officers filed complaints about forced overtime, unsafe working conditions, and double- and quadruple-podding
The decision by Gov. Mike Parson’s administration to stop withholding dues from bimonthly paychecks has slowed worker contributions to a trickle
The move has left the Missouri Correctional Officers Association with a funding shortfall as it continues to negotiate a contract for 5,000-plus guards and sergeants
The contract, which includes eight of the city’s uniformed unions, guarantees members a roughly 8% pay increase across the life of the deal
“The dangerously low staffing levels at all of our correctional facilities mean that incidents like this one will continue to escalate in severity,” the union leader said
There are nearly 40 CO vacancies and the medical department is staffed at about 69 percent at the prison
A previous request for 150 new officers had an estimated cost of over $10 million
A state board will be called in to settle the conflict
Prosecutors say Norman Seabrook accepted a kickback of $60,000 in exchange for having the NYC Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association invest in a hedge fund
The union said state prisons are understaffed while also dealing with violent inmates who are being reclassified and placed in lower security prisons
The new contract allows the county to add more part-time corrections officers
It’s time to recognize that protections for correctional officers make prisons safer for everyone
Accused of using $3,000 of union money to pay for boxing matches, gentlemen’s clubs and restaurants
Regional president: “We are not interfering with any investigations; we just want our employees to know what their rights are”
Labor won a rare Texas victory Saturday, with the House Republican carrying an anti-union bill declaring it dead
Unions represent teachers, corrections officers and some other public employees
Union workers at the Johnson County Jail say that decisions made by administrators are putting them in danger
Prisons chief Donald Stolworthy wrote the contracts contribute to “many of the ills within the system”
Mel Grieshaber says morale is at its lowest that he’s ever seen
Rep met with CO to discuss grievance and used ‘n-word’ 15 times
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