According to DOCCS a mutual agreement has been reached between the DOCCS and NYSCOPBA after weeks of strikes.DOCCS said that the agreement will return staffto

An agreement has been reached that could end the weeks of prison strikes across New York State, including in the North Country. Corrections officers could be back to work as early as Monday. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed the agreement Saturday night.

In a letter addressed to its members on Saturday, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) said recent negotiations with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) “ended poorly” after the state refused to reinstate health insurance coverage for striking correction officers.