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Prison guards and inmates say New York's correctional system is broken

NPR | By Emily Russell

Published April 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM CDT

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Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.