Inmates are being transferred from Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County to other prisons this week due to staffing shortages from a prison strike.

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where corrections officers have walked off the job over working conditions.

Day six of the statewide correction officers strike saw massive crowds outside Clinton Correctional Facility supporting the work action on Saturday. “I’ve been talking to correction officers, and it’s clear these protests are about safety and staffing levels,

The new prison cuts shocked state lawmakers, some of whom are fielding calls from frightened and furious corrections officers and families of prisoners.

NYS corrections officers are now on day nine of their NY prison guard strike, as conditions are said to be deteriorating.

Correction officers protesting outside the New York Correctional Facility are facing serious consequences for each day they remain off the job

The state is turning the legal screws on striking correction officers, as tensions flare inside out-of-control New York prisons and workers picket outside them. State troopers began serving union members out on strike illegally with summons over the weekend as hundreds refuse to comply with last week’s court order instructing them to return to work.