As the NYS corrections strike continues at NY state prisons, both sides are set to meet with a mediator today.

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where corrections officers have walked off the job over working conditions.

Day six of the statewide correction officers strike saw massive crowds outside Clinton Correctional Facility supporting the work action on Saturday. “I’ve been talking to correction officers, and it’s clear these protests are about safety and staffing levels,

The strike by corrections officers at prisons state-wide, is now in it's second week. 7 News senior reporter Eileen Buckley spoke with two former inmates who have differing perspectives.

Democratic senators representing the Hudson Valley addressed an eight-day strike by corrections officers and called for “an overhaul of our corrections system, including

The new prison cuts shocked state lawmakers, some of whom are fielding calls from frightened and furious corrections officers and families of prisoners.

An inmate at an upstate New York facility died early Saturday as an illegal guard strike at prisons across the state hits its seventh day, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) said.