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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

HEARINGS FOR ROBERT BROOKS' KILLERS TO START BUT LETITIA JAMES DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE THEM
NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES IS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUT OF DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS FOR THE PRISON GUARDS AND NURSES WHO KILLED OR FAILED TO STOP THE KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS

SIXTH STATE PRISON GUARD CHARGED WITH MURDERING ROBERT BROOKS
NICHOLAS KIEFFER, 33, HELPED START BEATING THAT LED TO BROOKS' DEATH, INDICTMENT UNSEALED ON MONDAY AGAINST HIM ALLEGES

'PULL THE PIN' IS THE ANTHEM OF NEW YORK'S STRIKING PRISON GUARDS
THE HEAVY METAL SONG WAS ALLEGEDLY MADE BY A CORRECTION OFFICER AT THE GREENE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THE HUDSON VALLEY

PRISONERS SAY JONATHAN GRANT'S DEATH AT AUBURN LIKELY DUE TO NY GUARD STRIKE
DIABETIC LOCKED INSIDE CELL 24-HOURS A DAY, DENIED EMERGENCY SNACK

GUARDS SAY STRIKE 'TRAPPED' THEM IN NY PRISON, SOME FREED ON SUNDAY
CORRECTION OFFICERS AT FRANKLIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SAY THEY WERE 'TRAPPED’ FOR A WEEK BECAUSE OF A STRIKE BY THEIR COLLEAGUES

2,000 MORE NAT'L GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED, AS STRIKE BY NY STATE PRISON GUARDS DRAGS ON
INITIAL DEPLOYMENT OF 3,500 SOLDIERS RISES TO 5,600. 1000s MORE LIKELY.

NAT’L GUARD TROOPS SLEEP IN CELLS AS STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS ENTERS 6TH DAY
GOV. KATHY HOCHUL APPEARS TO CAVE TO STRIKING PRISON GUARDS' MAJOR DEMANDS, BUT GUARDS STAY ON STRIKE.