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| North Country corrections officer could be next to lead the union |
| By northcountrypublicradio.org- Natasha Haverty |
| Published: 06/17/2014 |
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Next month, New York will close four more of its prisons. Among them: Chateaugay Correctional Facility in Franklin County and Mt. McGregor in Saratoga County. The closures come as part of Governor Cuomo's pledge to "reduce the madness of an incarceration society." And the Department of Corrections has reported empty beds in their prisons--they estimate the recent series of closures will save taxpayers $184 million. The loudest voices fighting to keep those prisons open are members of New York's prison guard union--NYSCOPBA--which is set to elect their next president next month. One of frontrunners in the race to head up the union hails from the North Country. Michael Powers is a sergeant at Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg. Powers was a leading force in the fight to keep Ogdensburg Correctional Facility open, when the state nearly closed it three years ago. And while Ogdensburg did stay open, Powers says his biggest concern is what effects this next round of closures will have. Read More. |
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