ALBANY, N.Y. – Two state lawmakers are advocating for the reinstatement of former prison guards following their dismissal after an illegal three-week strike. Thousands of guards were fired, and now a bill is in the works to bring them back without punishment.
The state was already down about 2,000 prison guards before the strike.
Assemblymember Scott Gray of Watertown said, “It is clear that if we are going to rebuild this, [the prison system] it’s going to have to be some sort of component of bringing some of these officers back.”…