{"id":53083,"date":"2024-05-12T10:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=53083"},"modified":"2024-05-12T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T14:13:07","slug":"nys-nyscopba-calls-for-changes-to-halt-act-amid-historic-levels-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/nys-nyscopba-calls-for-changes-to-halt-act-amid-historic-levels-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"NYS\/NYSCOPBA Calls for changes to HALT Act amid historic levels of violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overall Violence in Prison Continues to Surge in 2nd<\/sup> Year of HALT Act<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Union Renews Call to Improve Safety into New York\u2019s Prisons and County Jails by Amending the HALT Act<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albany, NY<\/strong> \u2013 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\u2019s 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.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HALT Act, which went into effect on April 2, 2022,  severely limits, or in some cases eliminates, the ability to place incarcerated individuals in Special Housing Units separated from the general population, and state data shows the rate of assaults in prisons continues to skyrocket since the law was implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYSCOPBA President Chris Summers said:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s unfathomable that the New York State Legislature continues to ignore or acknowledge what is clear to those of us who  work in  prisons and county jails. The statistics clearly indicate that since April of 2022, violence in our prisons has increased to levels that are unsustainable as staffing shortages and mandatory overtime  have pushed staff to their limits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to numbers maintained by the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), in the second year the HALT Act has been in place, there were a combined 4227 assaults on staff and inmate on inmate assaults.  That is an increase of 35 % from the following year when there were 3113 total assaults recorded in New York\u2019s correctional facilities. The first year HALT was in effect, assaults increased by nearly 33 % from the previous year.   In the two years since HALT went into effect, assaults have nearly doubled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe numbers do not lie. Conditions in prison have never been worse and for supporters of HALT to sit idly by and ignore that this ridiculous legislation is contributing to the historic levels of violence is doing a disservice to the brave and hard-working men and women of NYSCOPBA.\u00a0 As we near the end of another legislative session, it is reprehensible that the legislators who voted for HALT continue to turn a blind eye to the violence.\u00a0 It not only puts staff in danger, but the inmates they advocate for.\u201d \u2013 stated President Summers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overall Violence in Prison Continues to Surge in 2nd Year of HALT Act Union Renews Call to Improve Safety into New York\u2019s Prisons and County Jails by Amending the HALT Act Press release Albany, NY \u2013 A year after the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) demanded \u2026<\/p>\n

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