Things will continue to get much more difficult for those still working. The summer is soon to be here. The hot weather always brings on more stress, fighting, drugs etc.
I’ve seen adds from out of state calling for NY corrections officers to join their team
With just as many from various sheriff’s corrections around NYS
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/public-safety/2025/03/11/gov--hochul-bans-state-hiring-of-wildcat-strike-participants
The Sheriff offices are actively recruiting state correctional officers, she is doing this out of pure spite.
Any worker who continued to participate in the...
Things are much worse now than ever, when the strike started approximately 16k officers were working, now the numbers are reported at 10k
The recruitment of new officers was very poor before the strike.
Now what is the plan to replace the 6k officers that resigned, retired and now fired...
The younger generation of officers are resigning in mass.
While the officers with enough time (25 years) are retiring daily.
The horrendous working conditions are being made public for the first time in years.
Most of the facilitys are running on a modified schedule, instead of the normal 3 Shifts of 8 hours
The facility is running on 2 shifts of 12 hours
The civilians are helping making food, picking up trash, etc.
The local community‘s are showing wonderful support for the Officers bringing food, firewood etc.
Including …. The community just organized a drive-by in support of the officers holding the line.
The state is putting as much disinformation out as possible. Threatening termination, the...
This is a very difficult situation for everyone involved,
If the state holds strong, the younger officers with less than 10 years are likely to quit.
Anyone with 25 years will be retiring asap.