Overall Violence in Prison Continues to Surge in 2nd Year of HALT Act
Union Renews Call to Improve Safety into New York’s Prisons and County Jails by Amending the HALT Act
Albany, NY – A year after the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) demanded that New York State Legislators address the skyrocketing violence within New York’s correctional facilities after state-maintained statistics revealed a significant increase in assaults during the first year the HALT Act was in place, the Union is once again calling for an amendment of the Humane Alternatives for Long Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act to address the 35 % increase in inmate assaults that occurred in the second year HALT was in place. FULL PRESS RELEASE