ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In the wake of a 22-day strike by correction officers at prison facilities run by New York State, the New York City-based Legal Aid Society released a report on Friday about what they called the strike's human cost. According to incarcerated people quoted in the report, ongoing inhumane conditions in dozens of upstate prisons include food shortages, lack of medical care and mental health services, and restrictions on showers, court access, or protective custody.
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