Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is bypassing the correction officers union, offering illegally striking guards at over 30 New York prisons another deal if they return to work Friday.
The state proposed a new deal — which is opposed by the union— in a desperate attempt to get the prisons fully staffed after the guards walked off the job on Feb. 17 over unsafe working conditions.
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello told reporters Thursday the new terms would establish a committee “focused on safety” that would address concerns about the HALT law governing solitary confinement in prisons. Correction officers have argued the law limits their ability to control unruly inmates and safely do their job…